From January through March of 2020, there were 14 homes sold, with a median sale price of $188,500 - a 10.9% increase over the $169,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were nine homes sold in Poplar Grove in the first quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Poplar Grove for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $4,896, approximately 2.6% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Poplar Grove to other Boone County cities in the first quarter of 2020:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loves Park | 3 | 3 | 0% | $346,000 | $186,000 | 86% |
| Timberlane | 3 | 4 | -25% | $339,900 | $286,000 | 18.8% |
| Caledonia | 3 | 6 | -50% | $307,000 | $312,500 | -1.8% |
| Poplar Grove | 14 | 9 | 55.6% | $188,500 | $169,900 | 10.9% |
| Candlewick Lake | 14 | 14 | 0% | $133,450 | $153,500 | -13.1% |
| Belvidere | 78 | 70 | 11.4% | $125,500 | $117,500 | 6.8% |
| Capron | 2 | 2 | 0% | $115,000 | $117,100 | -1.8% |
| Garden Prairie | 1 | 0 | - | $59,000 | $0 | - |
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