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Polk County, IA

516,185 Population
572.7 square miles 901.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • 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

$44,903 ±$1,540 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,405 ±$3,522 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.9% ±1.3% (50,064  ±6,696) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.2 minutes ±0.7 (4,908,820  ±205,778) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

211,294 ±3,129 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (507,476  ±159) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.5% ±1.4% (8,189  ±1,810) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

224,898 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$281,400 ±$6,556 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.2% ±1.5% (67,141  ±7,592) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±2.9% (320,604  ±10,116.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.5% ±2% (144,046  ±6,785) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

10% (51,842  ±4,810) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±0.7% (20,753  ±2,541) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
20,753 Total veterans ±2,541 18,765 Male ±2,378 1,988 Female ±704

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