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Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA CSA

917,964 Population
5,880.7 square miles 156.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,705 ±$1,230 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$80,923 ±$1,514 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.7% ±1% (95,415  ±8,498) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.4 minutes ±0.4 (8,631,800  ±236,859) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

372,445 ±3,799 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (890,583  ±345) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.9% ±0.7% (10,903  ±1,639) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

399,274 ±226 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$270,200 ±$4,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.7% ±1.1% (133,517  ±9,929.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.2% ±1.8% (563,815  ±11,252.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
40.2% ±1.2% (243,437  ±7,338.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

11.4% ±0.4% (96,224  ±3,086) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about half the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

8.1% (74,668  ±5,265) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.8% ±0.5% (40,919  ±3,576) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
40,919 Total veterans ±3,576 36,707 Male ±3,140 4,212 Female ±1,188

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