West Des Moines, IA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around West Des Moines, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what West Des Moines sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 592
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $335,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $211
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $244,990 and $441,900

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 592 closed sales in West Des Moines over the last six months, with a median closing price of $335,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $244,990 and $441,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 586 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $165 and $252 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in West Des Moines, IA (September 2026)

The median home price in West Des Moines is $335,000, measured across the 592 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $244,990 and $441,900.

Where West Des Moines sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in West Des Moines over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $244,990 and $441,900. Among the 24 Iowa markets with a published band, West Des Moines's middle-half spread ($244,990 to $441,900) ranks 12th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 22 days, across 487 West Des Moines closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 37 days, across 489 West Des Moines closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The West Des Moines angle

West Des Moines put 592 tracked closings on the board over the last six months, with a median closed sale price of $335,000 and the middle half of sales between $244,990 and $441,900. For a West Des Moines valuation, the median works as a compass, not a destination. Place the subject with closed sales matched on its attributes, expect legitimate results to differ from $335,000 by meaningful amounts, and reserve the hardest scrutiny for numbers riding high in the long upper stretch.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any West Des Moines address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: West Des Moines, IA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1983910
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 592
Median sold price: $335,000
Median sold $/sqft: $211 (586 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in West Des Moines over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.