From January through March of 2021, there were five homes sold, with a median sale price of $195,000 - a 28.3% increase over the $151,950 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were four homes sold in Somonauk in the first quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Somonauk for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $4,958, approximately 2.5% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Somonauk to other DeKalb County cities with similar median sale prices in the first quarter of 2021:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Park | 3 | 4 | -25% | $482,848 | $217,500 | 122% |
| Shabbona | 2 | 4 | -50% | $226,750 | $143,950 | 57.5% |
| Sandwich | 10 | 28 | -64.3% | $214,000 | $141,250 | 51.5% |
| Kingston | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $210,450 | $215,250 | -2.2% |
| Somonauk | 5 | 4 | 25% | $195,000 | $151,950 | 28.3% |
| Malta | 1 | 8 | -87.5% | $190,000 | $37,350 | 408.7% |
| Genoa | 13 | 33 | -60.6% | $187,800 | $157,000 | 19.6% |
| Kirkland | 8 | 9 | -11.1% | $182,450 | $110,000 | 65.9% |
| Hinckley | 19 | 6 | 216.7% | $182,000 | $223,761.91 | -18.7% |
| Sycamore | 46 | 74 | -37.8% | $163,000 | $174,000 | -6.3% |
| Cortland | 9 | 15 | -40% | $156,965 | $163,500 | -4% |
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