In January 2021, there were 295 homes sold, with a median sale price of $150,000 - a 14.7% increase over the $130,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 280 homes sold in Des Moines in January 2020.
The median sales tax in Des Moines for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,488, approximately 1.7% of the median home sale price for January 2021.
The following table compares Des Moines to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in January 2021:
| City | Jan. 2021 Home Sales | Jan. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. 2021 Median Sales Price | Jan. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive | 15 | 12 | 25% | $244,000 | $251,000 | -2.8% |
| West Des Moines | 61 | 50 | 22% | $242,000 | $220,500 | 9.8% |
| Bondurant | 7 | 10 | -30% | $229,900 | $193,000 | 19.1% |
| Grimes | 30 | 19 | 57.9% | $228,000 | $259,900 | -12.3% |
| Polk City | 11 | 16 | -31.3% | $228,000 | $282,750 | -19.4% |
| Urbandale | 41 | 34 | 20.6% | $210,000 | $233,000 | -9.9% |
| Pleasant Hill | 16 | 14 | 14.3% | $192,500 | $222,000 | -13.3% |
| Windsor Heights | 8 | 3 | 166.7% | $185,500 | $192,500 | -3.6% |
| Des Moines | 295 | 280 | 5.4% | $150,000 | $130,750 | 14.7% |
| Saylorville | 5 | 4 | 25% | $132,000 | $304,520 | -56.7% |
| Elkhart | 3 | 1 | 200% | $126,900 | $159,900 | -20.6% |
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