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Des Moines township, Boone County, IA

13,343 Population
40 square miles 333.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Boone County: 42.4 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,601 ±$2,014 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Boone County: $42,125 ±$1,965
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,727 ±$6,686 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Boone County: $83,531 ±$5,481
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±2.2% (1,034  ±287) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Boone County: 6.2% † 1,612 (±1.2% / ±315)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±1.7 (129,230  ±13,440) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Boone County: 22.5 285,945 (±1.2 / ±18,823)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,604 ±230 Number of households
  • Boone County: 10,936 ±270
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (13,047  ±266) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Boone County: 2.4 26,087 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±3.1% (200  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Boone County: 6.7% † 372 (±2% / ±109)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,340 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Boone County: 12,041 ±56
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,600 ±$8,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Boone County: $212,400 ±$9,259
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±2.4% (1,062  ±311.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Boone County: 8.2% † 2,152 (±1.7% / ±456)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±6.2% (8,949  ±638) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Boone County: 95.1% 18,176 (±4.3% / ±837.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±3.1% (2,339  ±297.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Boone County: 28.5% 5,449 (±2.3% / ±446.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.4% ±1% (181  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Boone County: 1.5% 392
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.4% (581  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Boone County: 5.8% † 1,218 (±0.7% / ±152)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
581 Total veterans ±154 523 Male ±144 58 Female ±41

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