The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2022 in Johnston rose by $26,250 while total sales decreased by 32.3 percent, according to BlockShopper.com.
From January through June, there were 172 homes sold, with a median sale price of $340,000 – an 8.4 percent increase over the $313,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 254 homes sold in Johnston in the first half of 2021.
The median sales tax in Johnston for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,698, approximately 1.4 percent of the median home sale price for the first half of 2022.
The following table compares Johnston to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in the first half of 2022:
| City | January – June 2022 Home Sales | January – June 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | January – June 2022 Median Sales Price | January – June 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleman | 1 | 2 | -50 | $434,000 | $309,000 | 40.5 |
| Granger | 20 | 20 | 0 | $405,530 | $295,000 | 37.5 |
| Johnston | 172 | 254 | -32.3 | $340,000 | $313,750 | 8.4 |
| Polk City | 55 | 78 | -29.5 | $333,590 | $317,250 | 5.2 |
| Grimes | 174 | 199 | -12.6 | $330,000 | $255,000 | 29.4 |
| Clive | 73 | 112 | -34.8 | $316,000 | $274,000 | 15.3 |
| Saylorville | 23 | 38 | -39.5 | $295,000 | $239,550 | 23.1 |
| Ankeny | 723 | 868 | -16.7 | $292,000 | $255,000 | 14.5 |
| Bondurant | 87 | 80 | 8.8 | $269,900 | $247,000 | 9.3 |
| Pleasant Hill | 132 | 94 | 40.4 | $268,500 | $233,500 | 15 |
| Urbandale | 293 | 348 | -15.8 | $261,000 | $230,000 | 13.5 |
