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Des Moines township, Boone County, IA

13,276 Population
40 square miles 331.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Boone County: 42.2 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,711 ±$2,446 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Boone County: $41,075 ±$1,926
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$68,058 ±$4,772 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Boone County: $79,741 ±$5,325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.4% ±2% (967  ±259) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Boone County: 6.7% † 1,757 (±1.3% / ±337)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20 minutes ±2 (132,395  ±14,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Boone County: 22.4 285,025 (±1.1 / ±17,219)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

5,486 ±235 Number of households
  • Boone County: 10,935 ±261
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (12,993  ±263) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Boone County: 2.4 26,109 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.4% ±3.4% (184  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Boone County: 6.3% † 351 (±2.1% / ±115)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

6,142 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Boone County: 12,005 ±56
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$161,400 ±$10,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Boone County: $191,200 ±$9,125
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

11.5% ±3% (1,508  ±392.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Boone County: 10.3% † 2,710 (±1.8% / ±462.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.5% ±5.8% (8,942  ±593.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Boone County: 95.7% 18,286 (±4% / ±767.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
25.3% ±3.3% (2,366  ±313.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Boone County: 28.7% 5,489 (±2.3% / ±435.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (38  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Boone County: 1% 275
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.2% ±1.6% (654  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Boone County: 6.3% † 1,320 (±1% / ±216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
654 Total veterans ±167 594 Male ±153 60 Female ±36

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