From January through March of 2022, there were seven homes sold, with a median sale price of $293,500 - a 54.6% increase over the $189,900 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were five homes sold in Van Meter in the first quarter of 2021.
The median sales tax in Van Meter for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,316, approximately 0.8% of the median home sale price for the first quarter of 2022.
The following table compares Van Meter to other Dallas 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbandale | 38 | 53 | -28.3% | $399,950 | $367,400 | 8.9% |
| Clive | 18 | 26 | -30.8% | $352,495 | $309,950 | 13.7% |
| Waukee | 75 | 81 | -7.4% | $343,000 | $268,400 | 27.8% |
| West Des Moines | 59 | 76 | -22.4% | $315,900 | $312,500 | 1.1% |
| Van Meter | 7 | 5 | 40% | $293,500 | $189,900 | 54.6% |
| De Soto | 7 | 9 | -22.2% | $235,000 | $199,900 | 17.6% |
| Adel | 12 | 22 | -45.5% | $213,750 | $241,650 | -11.5% |
| Woodward | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | $198,500 | $146,800 | 35.2% |
| Granger | 2 | 2 | 0% | $192,500 | $266,610 | -27.8% |
| Dexter | 1 | 0 | - | $180,000 | $0 | - |
| Dallas Center | 9 | 11 | -18.2% | $170,000 | $142,500 | 19.3% |
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