Hawkeye Reporter

The median sale price of a home sold in December 2020 in Altoona fell by $3,500 while total sales increased by 18.2%, according to BlockShopper.com.

In December 2020, there were 39 homes sold, with a median sale price of $223,000 - a 1.5% decrease over the $226,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 33 homes sold in Altoona in December 2019.

The median sales tax in Altoona for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,448, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for December 2020.

The following table compares Altoona to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in December 2020:

City	Dec. 2020 Home Sales	Dec. 2019 Home Sales	% change (Total Home Sales)	Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price	Dec. 2019 Median Sales Price	% change (Median Sales Price)
Grimes	43	36	19.4%	$267,000	$250,000	6.8%
Ankeny	153	141	8.5%	$262,000	$238,500	9.9%
West Des Moines	89	72	23.6%	$255,000	$225,000	13.3%
Bondurant	18	12	50%	$248,500	$248,000	0.2%
Runnells	4	8	-50%	$243,750	$342,500	-28.8%
Mitchellville	6	8	-25%	$239,250	$92,000	160.1%
Altoona	39	33	18.2%	$223,000	$226,500	-1.5%
Elkhart	2	2	0%	$219,000	$187,500	16.8%
Urbandale	64	61	4.9%	$216,750	$201,900	7.4%
Windsor Heights	10	14	-28.6%	$178,065	$244,250	-27.1%
Des Moines	431	372	15.9%	$153,000	$132,500	15.5%