From July through September of 2021, there were 13 homes sold, with a median sale price of $129,166 - a 33.2% increase over the $97,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 23 homes sold in Fairbury in the third quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Fairbury for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $2,242, approximately 1.7% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Fairbury to other Livingston County cities in the third quarter of 2021:
| City | July - Sept. 2021 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight | 24 | 20 | 20% | $139,500 | $121,500 | 14.8% |
| Chatsworth | 2 | 0 | - | $138,500 | $0 | - |
| Fairbury | 13 | 23 | -43.5% | $129,166 | $97,000 | 33.2% |
| Odell | 10 | 7 | 42.9% | $116,050 | $119,000 | -2.5% |
| Streator | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | $109,000 | $45,000 | 142.2% |
| Cullom | 1 | 1 | 0% | $95,000 | $149,900 | -36.6% |
| Pontiac | 53 | 41 | 29.3% | $85,000 | $95,000 | -10.5% |
| Flanagan | 7 | 2 | 250% | $83,500 | $70,250 | 18.9% |
| Forrest | 6 | 8 | -25% | $83,000 | $79,950 | 3.8% |
| Saunemin | 4 | 2 | 100% | $48,500 | $40,000 | 21.3% |
| Cornell | 5 | 3 | 66.7% | $46,000 | $112,000 | -58.9% |
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