From April through June of 2020, there were 17 homes sold, with a median sale price of $205,000 - a 13.7% decrease over the $237,450 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 30 homes sold in Saylorville in the second quarter of 2019.
The median sales tax in Saylorville for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $2,978, approximately 1.5% of the median home sale price for the second quarter of 2020.
The following table compares Saylorville to other Polk County cities with similar median sales prices in the second quarter of 2020:
| City | Apr. - June 2020 Home Sales | Apr. - June 2019 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Apr. - June 2020 Median Sales Price | Apr. - June 2019 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondurant | 48 | 54 | -11.1% | $231,000 | $226,750 | 1.9% |
| West Des Moines | 217 | 251 | -13.5% | $229,900 | $220,000 | 4.5% |
| Pleasant Hill | 61 | 69 | -11.6% | $219,900 | $230,000 | -4.4% |
| Windsor Heights | 33 | 41 | -19.5% | $219,900 | $197,500 | 11.3% |
| Urbandale | 154 | 203 | -24.1% | $219,250 | $219,900 | -0.3% |
| Altoona | 137 | 141 | -2.8% | $219,000 | $224,900 | -2.6% |
| Saylorville | 17 | 30 | -43.3% | $205,000 | $237,450 | -13.7% |
| Elkhart | 12 | 8 | 50% | $196,125 | $214,000 | -8.4% |
| Mitchellville | 17 | 10 | 70% | $175,000 | $134,950 | 29.7% |
| Des Moines | 1,256 | 1,239 | 1.4% | $150,000 | $138,000 | 8.7% |
| Carlisle | 6 | 6 | 0% | $139,000 | $114,500 | 21.4% |
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