From January through June of 2019, there were 19 homes sold, with a median sale price of $207,000 - a 19.8% increase over the $172,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 24 homes sold in Runnells in the first half of 2018.
The median sales tax in Runnells for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,693, approximately 1.8% of the median home sale price for the first half of 2019.
The following table compares Runnells to other Polk County cities with similar median sales prices in the first half of 2019:
| City | Jan. - June 2019 Home Sales | Jan. - June 2018 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | Jan. - June 2018 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondurant | 98 | 142 | -31% | $221,450 | $232,450 | -4.7% |
| Altoona | 193 | 264 | -26.9% | $220,000 | $207,250 | 6.2% |
| Pleasant Hill | 110 | 121 | -9.1% | $219,250 | $216,080 | 1.5% |
| West Des Moines | 388 | 382 | 1.6% | $215,500 | $204,500 | 5.4% |
| Elkhart | 11 | 15 | -26.7% | $215,000 | $198,000 | 8.6% |
| Polk City | 76 | 105 | -27.6% | $207,250 | $250,000 | -17.1% |
| Runnells | 19 | 24 | -20.8% | $207,000 | $172,750 | 19.8% |
| Windsor Heights | 70 | 69 | 1.4% | $196,750 | $179,900 | 9.4% |
| Mitchellville | 16 | 19 | -15.8% | $134,950 | $146,000 | -7.6% |
| Des Moines | 2,079 | 2,285 | -9% | $134,000 | $128,000 | 4.7% |
| Carlisle | 7 | 3 | 133.3% | $114,000 | $120,000 | -5% |
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