From July through December of 2021, there were 505 homes sold, with a median sale price of $256,000 - a 8.9% increase over the $235,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 557 homes sold in West Des Moines in the second half of 2020.
The median sales tax in West Des Moines for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,530, approximately 1.4% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2021.
The following table compares West Des Moines to other Polk 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimes | 205 | 256 | -19.9% | $299,500 | $262,900 | 13.9% |
| Saylorville | 42 | 41 | 2.4% | $286,000 | $290,000 | -1.4% |
| Ankeny | 930 | 1,085 | -14.3% | $281,000 | $245,600 | 14.4% |
| Pleasant Hill | 142 | 168 | -15.5% | $270,000 | $225,750 | 19.6% |
| Elkhart | 18 | 8 | 125% | $264,950 | $193,250 | 37.1% |
| West Des Moines | 505 | 557 | -9.3% | $256,000 | $235,000 | 8.9% |
| Bondurant | 105 | 127 | -17.3% | $255,000 | $243,000 | 4.9% |
| Urbandale | 369 | 428 | -13.8% | $250,000 | $229,950 | 8.7% |
| Altoona | 236 | 275 | -14.2% | $245,700 | $231,900 | 6% |
| Runnells | 22 | 28 | -21.4% | $242,450 | $326,250 | -25.7% |
| Windsor Heights | 87 | 68 | 27.9% | $228,500 | $195,000 | 17.2% |
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