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Des Moines township, Jasper County, IA

2,168 Population
50.5 square miles 42.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jasper County: 41.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,321 ±$4,416 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jasper County: $39,394 ±$1,978
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,000 ±$17,684 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jasper County: $71,311 ±$2,918
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±2.4% (59  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Jasper County: 8.3% † 2,999 (±1.2% / ±449)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±7.7 (23,505  ±4,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jasper County: 23.3 367,405 (±1.2 / ±22,449)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

868 ±129 Number of households
  • Jasper County: 15,010 ±265
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (2,168  ±340) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jasper County: 2.4 36,056 (±0 / ±118)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±3.1% (25  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jasper County: 4.4% † 333 (±1.6% / ±118)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

907 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Jasper County: 16,249 ±59
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$223,700 ±$28,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jasper County: $186,300 ±$10,145
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±3.6% (184  ±82.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jasper County: 11.6% † 4,359 (±1.5% / ±546.1)
  • about two-thirds 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

97.7% ±19.3% (1,445  ±188.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jasper County: 94% 25,134 (±3.4% / ±919.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26% ±4.2% (384  ±83.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jasper County: 20% 5,350 (±1.6% / ±436.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.8% ±0.7% (18  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Jasper County: 2.8% 1,053
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±5.4% (166  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jasper County: 7.7% † 2,261 (±0.8% / ±244)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
166 Total veterans ±89 151 Male ±87 15 Female ±23

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