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Des Moines, IA

213,188 Population
88.2 square miles 2,418.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,822 ±$1,991 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,079 ±$1,174
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,297 ±$3,184 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,446 ±$2,705
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.1% ±2.7% (33,593  ±5,734) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.7% † 64,377 (±0.9% / ±6,698)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.8 minutes ±0.4 (1,921,390  ±98,448) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21.4 7,489,810 (±0.5 / ±224,605)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

88,083 ±3,424 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 307,502 ±3,431
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (208,484  ±363) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 740,702 (±0 / ±185)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.1% ±2.4% (4,396  ±1,335) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% † 10,888 (±1.2% / ±2,114)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

95,681 ±3,359 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 325,348 ±106
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$213,300 ±$6,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $288,400 ±$5,998
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.2% ±2.6% (31,814  ±5,374.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 12.3% 91,695 (±1.1% / ±8,414.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±3.8% (122,149  ±6,124.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 475,108 (±2.3% / ±11,594.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31% ±2.7% (43,116  ±3,902.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 41.6% 211,451 (±1.5% / ±7,812)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.6% ±1.8% (28,907  ±3,783) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 66,780
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±1% (7,740  ±1,539) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 29,646 (±0.5% / ±2,779)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,740 Total veterans ±1,539 6,645 Male ±1,454 1,095 Female ±557

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