March 2022: West Des Moines (Polk County) experienced a 6.7% increase in median home prices

March 2022: West Des Moines (Polk County) experienced a 6.7% increase in median home prices
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The median sale price of a home sold in March 2022 in West Des Moines in Polk County rose by $15,450 while total sales decreased by 32.5%, according to BlockShopper.com.

In March 2022, there were 56 homes sold, with a median sale price of $247,450 – a 6.7% increase over the $232,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 83 homes sold in West Des Moines in March 2021.

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 March 2022.

The following table compares West Des Moines to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in March 2022:

City Mar. 2022 Home Sales Mar. 2021 Home Sales % change (Total Home Sales) Mar. 2022 Median Sales Price Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price % change (Median Sales Price)
Grimes 30 35 -14.3% $340,995 $250,500 36.1%
Bondurant 18 10 80% $303,875 $234,000 29.9%
Polk City 13 13 0% $295,000 $305,000 -3.3%
Ankeny 121 127 -4.7% $281,300 $252,000 11.6%
Pleasant Hill 17 13 30.8% $267,000 $185,000 44.3%
West Des Moines 56 83 -32.5% $247,450 $232,000 6.7%
Urbandale 41 77 -46.8% $239,500 $225,000 6.4%
Altoona 26 29 -10.3% $227,500 $225,000 1.1%
Saylorville 3 6 -50% $215,000 $249,500 -13.8%
Windsor Heights 8 12 -33.3% $197,400 $205,250 -3.8%
Des Moines 421 410 2.7% $163,000 $157,500 3.5%

* This story only considers sales data for the part of West Des Moines that is in Polk County.



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