In April, there were 113 homes sold, with a median sale price of $280,000 - a 14.3 percent increase over the $245,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 141 homes sold in Ankeny in April 2021.
The median sales tax in Ankeny for the most recent year with available data, 2017, was $3,836, approximately 1.4 percent of the median home sale price for April.
The following table compares Ankeny to other Polk County cities with similar median sale prices in April:
| City | April 2022 Home Sales | April 2021 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | April 2022 Median Sales Price | April 2021 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saylorville | 3 | 8 | -62.5 | $330,000 | $253,300 | 30.3 |
| Polk City | 3 | 12 | -75 | $317,250 | $322,450 | -1.6 |
| Elkhart | 3 | 2 | 50 | $306,100 | $275,000 | 11.3 |
| Clive | 14 | 19 | -26.3 | $303,000 | $268,000 | 13.1 |
| Runnells | 4 | 3 | 33.3 | $282,250 | $449,000 | -37.1 |
| Ankeny | 113 | 141 | -19.9 | $280,000 | $245,000 | 14.3 |
| Urbandale | 53 | 58 | -8.6 | $280,000 | $240,000 | 16.7 |
| Bondurant | 16 | 16 | 0 | $277,450 | $239,250 | 16 |
| West Des Moines | 54 | 75 | -28 | $270,500 | $240,000 | 12.7 |
| Altoona | 37 | 40 | -7.5 | $268,500 | $232,415 | 15.5 |
| Pleasant Hill | 23 | 8 | 187.5 | $260,000 | $244,000 | 6.6 |
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