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Des Moines township, Polk County, IA

101,439 Population
28.4 square miles 3,566.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,207 ±$1,599 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $44,008 ±$627
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$66,896 ±$3,248 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $81,621 ±$1,336
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

15% ±1.5% (14,841  ±1,514) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 10.1% 49,165 (±0.6% / ±2,764)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

18 minutes ±0.5 (863,110  ±39,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 19.9 4,462,415 (±0.3 / ±95,115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

46,506 ±1,009 Number of households
  • Polk County: 202,404 ±1,017
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0 (98,242  ±2,246) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.4 488,779 (±0 / ±141)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.7% ±1.2% (1,248  ±306) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 4.9% † 5,938 (±0.5% / ±640)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

50,615 ±940 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 215,016 ±270
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$200,200 ±$5,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $248,400 ±$3,146
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

17% ±1.4% (17,071  ±1,447.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.5% 71,281 (±0.7% / ±3,319.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

89.8% ±1.5% (62,123  ±1,850) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 306,695 (±1.3% / ±4,401.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
39.4% ±1.3% (27,269  ±1,124.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 39.6% 131,129 (±0.8% / ±2,764.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.7% ±1.3% (13,863  ±1,315) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 10% 49,496
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

4.9% ±0.6% (3,971  ±469) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 6% 22,413 (±0.3% / ±1,066)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
3,971 Total veterans ±469 3,655 Male ±426 316 Female ±136

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