From July through September of 2018, there were 240 homes sold, with a median sale price of $231,500 - a 9.5% increase over the $211,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 247 homes sold in West Des Moines in the third quarter of 2017.
The median sales tax in West Des Moines for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,530, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for the third quarter of 2018.
The following table compares West Des Moines to other Polk County cities with similar median sales prices in the third quarter of 2018:
| City | July - Sept. 2018 Home Sales | July - Sept. 2017 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Sept. 2018 Median Sales Price | July - Sept. 2017 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive | 50 | 46 | 8.7% | $259,950 | $250,000 | 4% |
| Johnston | 163 | 160 | 1.9% | $250,000 | $238,200 | 5% |
| Ankeny | 557 | 642 | -13.2% | $240,000 | $224,450 | 6.9% |
| Grimes | 137 | 151 | -9.3% | $238,000 | $222,000 | 7.2% |
| Saylorville | 31 | 44 | -29.5% | $232,500 | $239,365 | -2.9% |
| West Des Moines | 240 | 247 | -2.8% | $231,500 | $211,500 | 9.5% |
| Bondurant | 69 | 104 | -33.7% | $229,900 | $212,965 | 8% |
| Alleman | 2 | 6 | -66.7% | $224,500 | $185,500 | 21% |
| Runnells | 8 | 7 | 14.3% | $214,950 | $206,000 | 4.3% |
| Urbandale | 190 | 219 | -13.2% | $210,000 | $209,900 | 0% |
| Altoona | 136 | 163 | -16.6% | $210,000 | $194,000 | 8.2% |
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