From January through March of 2022, there were 70 homes sold, with a median sale price of $221,810 - a 8.9% decrease over the $243,500 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 79 homes sold in Altoona in the first quarter of 2021.
The median sales tax in Altoona for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,448, approximately 1.6% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2022.
The following table compares Altoona to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in the first quarter of 2022:
| City | Jan. - Mar. 2022 Home Sales | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. - Mar. 2022 Median Sales Price | Jan. - Mar. 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankeny | 278 | 326 | -14.7% | $279,950 | $247,750 | 13% |
| Bondurant | 37 | 23 | 60.9% | $265,000 | $229,900 | 15.3% |
| Pleasant Hill | 45 | 38 | 18.4% | $263,000 | $200,450 | 31.2% |
| West Des Moines | 143 | 201 | -28.9% | $243,000 | $234,000 | 3.8% |
| Urbandale | 120 | 157 | -23.6% | $239,250 | $217,020 | 10.2% |
| Windsor Heights | 28 | 24 | 16.7% | $223,950 | $201,250 | 11.3% |
| Altoona | 70 | 79 | -11.4% | $221,810 | $243,500 | -8.9% |
| Saylorville | 10 | 18 | -44.4% | $220,000 | $207,450 | 6% |
| Mitchellville | 12 | 9 | 33.3% | $182,450 | $191,000 | -4.5% |
| Des Moines | 1,019 | 1,020 | -0.1% | $163,000 | $152,250 | 7.1% |
| Elkhart | 4 | 5 | -20% | $156,500 | $126,900 | 23.3% |
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