The median sale price of a home sold in the second half of 2021 in Saylorville fell by $4,000 while total sales increased by 2.4%, according to BlockShopper.com.
From July through December of 2021, there were 42 homes sold, with a median sale price of $286,000 – a 1.4% decrease over the $290,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 41 homes sold in Saylorville in the second half of 2020.
The median sales tax in Saylorville for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,978, approximately 1% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2021.
The following table compares Saylorville to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2021:
| City | July – Dec. 2021 Home Sales | July – Dec. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July – Dec. 2021 Median Sales Price | July – Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk City | 66 | 99 | -33.3% | $341,250 | $318,000 | 7.3% |
| Johnston | 232 | 266 | -12.8% | $337,500 | $300,000 | 12.5% |
| Granger | 17 | 38 | -55.3% | $334,470 | $289,560 | 15.5% |
| Clive | 133 | 131 | 1.5% | $314,000 | $295,000 | 6.4% |
| Grimes | 205 | 256 | -19.9% | $299,500 | $262,900 | 13.9% |
| Saylorville | 42 | 41 | 2.4% | $286,000 | $290,000 | -1.4% |
| Ankeny | 930 | 1,085 | -14.3% | $281,000 | $245,600 | 14.4% |
| Pleasant Hill | 142 | 168 | -15.5% | $270,000 | $225,750 | 19.6% |
| Elkhart | 18 | 8 | 125% | $264,950 | $193,250 | 37.1% |
| West Des Moines | 505 | 557 | -9.3% | $256,000 | $235,000 | 8.9% |
| Bondurant | 105 | 127 | -17.3% | $255,000 | $243,000 | 4.9% |
