The median sale price of a home sold in the second half of 2021 in Trout Valley rose by $66,250 while total sales increased by 12.5%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From July through December of 2021, there were nine homes sold, with a median sale price of $445,000 – a 17.5% increase over the $378,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Trout Valley in the second half of 2020.
The median sales tax in Trout Valley for the most recent year with available data, 2019, was $10,346, approximately 2.3% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2021.
The following table compares Trout Valley to other McHenry County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2021:
| City | July – Dec. 2021 Home Sales | July – Dec. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July – Dec. 2021 Median Sales Price | July – Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Hills | 23 | 19 | 21.1% | $520,000 | $628,500 | -17.3% |
| Ringwood | 3 | 4 | -25% | $460,000 | $323,750 | 42.1% |
| Lakewood | 53 | 50 | 6% | $450,000 | $405,000 | 11.1% |
| Trout Valley | 9 | 8 | 12.5% | $445,000 | $378,750 | 17.5% |
| Fox Lake | 3 | 7 | -57.1% | $434,000 | $376,000 | 15.4% |
| Prairie Grove | 30 | 23 | 30.4% | $418,750 | $325,000 | 28.8% |
| Bull Valley | 14 | 21 | -33.3% | $412,500 | $350,000 | 17.9% |
| Spring Grove | 65 | 51 | 27.5% | $370,000 | $345,000 | 7.2% |
| Port Barrington | 15 | 13 | 15.4% | $360,000 | $286,000 | 25.9% |
| Huntley | 250 | 260 | -3.8% | $313,000 | $271,500 | 15.3% |
| Haegers Bend | 4 | 1 | 300% | $302,000 | $155,000 | 94.8% |
