From July through September of 2018, there were 125 homes sold, with a median sale price of $104,987 - a 60.3% increase over the $65,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 122 homes sold in Kankakee in the third quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in Kankakee for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,620.70, approximately 2.5% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2018.
The following table compares Kankakee to other Kankakee County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2018:
| City | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 8 | 8 | 0% | $163,000 | $152,000 | 7.2% |
| Grant Park | 8 | 14 | -42.9% | $158,450 | $133,500 | 18.7% |
| Bradley | 76 | 88 | -13.6% | $134,250 | $116,500 | 15.2% |
| Herscher | 8 | 4 | 100% | $116,950 | $147,500 | -20.7% |
| Momence | 21 | 21 | 0% | $110,000 | $112,500 | -2.2% |
| St. Anne | 1 | 4 | -75% | $107,000 | $44,750 | 139.1% |
| Buckingham | 2 | 0 | - | $106,861.50 | $0 | - |
| Kankakee | 125 | 122 | 2.5% | $104,987 | $65,500 | 60.3% |
| Aroma Park | 1 | 1 | 0% | $35,000 | $55,000 | -36.4% |
| Sun River Terrace | 1 | 1 | 0% | $25,000 | $56,000 | -55.4% |
| Hopkins Park | 3 | 1 | 200% | $22,000 | $61,000 | -63.9% |
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