JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="listing">
	<div data-value="5" class="item">item 5</div>
	<div data-value="3" class="item">item 3</div>
	<div data-value="2" class="item">item 2</div>
	<div data-value="1" class="item">item 1</div>
	<div data-value="4" class="item">item 4</div>
</div>

JavaScript

var sorted = $('#listing div').sort(function(a,b) {
   return $(a).data('value') - $(b).data('value');
});

$('#listing').html(sorted);