From July through September of 2019, there were 121 homes sold, with a median sale price of $265,000 - a 6% increase over the $250,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 163 homes sold in Johnston in the third quarter of 2018.
The median sales tax in Johnston for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,698, approximately 1.8% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2019.
The following table compares Johnston to other Polk County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2019:
| City | July - Sept. 2019 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2019 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk City | 53 | 60 | -11.7% | $310,790 | $269,550 | 15.3% |
| Granger | 15 | 13 | 15.4% | $276,550 | $265,000 | 4.4% |
| Johnston | 121 | 163 | -25.8% | $265,000 | $250,000 | 6% |
| Runnells | 12 | 8 | 50% | $261,750 | $214,950 | 21.8% |
| Clive | 53 | 50 | 6% | $259,000 | $259,950 | -0.4% |
| Grimes | 124 | 137 | -9.5% | $253,500 | $238,000 | 6.5% |
| Alleman | 1 | 2 | -50% | $250,000 | $224,500 | 11.4% |
| Bondurant | 60 | 69 | -13% | $236,450 | $229,900 | 2.8% |
| Ankeny | 556 | 557 | -0.2% | $232,500 | $240,000 | -3.1% |
| Altoona | 146 | 136 | 7.4% | $231,085 | $210,000 | 10% |
| Saylorville | 29 | 31 | -6.5% | $229,900 | $232,500 | -1.1% |
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