The median sale price of a home sold in January 2022 in Johnston rose by $63,500 while total sales decreased by 25.9%, according to BlockShopper.com.
In January 2022, there were 20 homes sold, with a median sale price of $318,500 – a 24.9% increase over the $255,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 27 homes sold in Johnston in January 2021.
The median sales tax in Johnston for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $4,698, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for January 2022.
The following table compares Johnston to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in January 2022:
| City | Jan. 2022 Home Sales | Jan. 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Jan. 2022 Median Sales Price | Jan. 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk City | 5 | 11 | -54.5% | $875,000 | $228,000 | 283.8% |
| Runnells | 4 | 2 | 100% | $410,000 | $277,500 | 47.7% |
| Granger | 2 | 2 | 0% | $360,250 | $497,500 | -27.6% |
| Grimes | 18 | 30 | -40% | $327,500 | $228,000 | 43.6% |
| Johnston | 20 | 27 | -25.9% | $318,500 | $255,000 | 24.9% |
| Pleasant Hill | 17 | 16 | 6.3% | $300,000 | $192,500 | 55.8% |
| Saylorville | 3 | 9 | -66.7% | $290,000 | $132,000 | 119.7% |
| Ankeny | 87 | 107 | -18.7% | $270,000 | $249,500 | 8.2% |
| Bondurant | 8 | 7 | 14.3% | $262,450 | $229,900 | 14.2% |
| Urbandale | 36 | 41 | -12.2% | $250,000 | $210,000 | 19% |
| Clive | 11 | 15 | -26.7% | $250,000 | $244,000 | 2.5% |
