The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2021 in Mendota rose by $27,500 while total sales increased by 210%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through March of 2021, there were 31 homes sold, with a median sale price of $119,000 – a 30.1% increase over the $91,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 10 homes sold in Mendota in the first quarter of 2020.
The median sales tax in Mendota for the most recent year with available data, 2018, was $2,366, approximately 2% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2021.
The following table compares Mendota to other LaSalle 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan | 9 | 3 | 200% | $165,000 | $303,000 | -45.5% |
| Tonica | 1 | 3 | -66.7% | $140,000 | $75,000 | 86.7% |
| Grand Ridge | 3 | 3 | 0% | $130,500 | $128,500 | 1.6% |
| Marseilles | 25 | 17 | 47.1% | $128,000 | $115,000 | 11.3% |
| Peru | 26 | 33 | -21.2% | $124,250 | $92,000 | 35.1% |
| Mendota | 31 | 10 | 210% | $119,000 | $91,500 | 30.1% |
| Ottawa | 86 | 61 | 41% | $117,500 | $120,000 | -2.1% |
| Oglesby | 12 | 9 | 33.3% | $89,000 | $109,500 | -18.7% |
| North Utica | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $77,500 | $140,000 | -44.6% |
| LaSalle | 42 | 19 | 121.1% | $72,500 | $58,000 | 25% |
| Lostant | 3 | 1 | 200% | $65,000 | $10,000 | 550% |
