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Census Tract 508.16, Dallas, IA

5,481 Population
2.4 square miles 2,317.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Des Moines: 36 ±1.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dallas County: 36.1 ±0.3

Economics

$62,443 ±$9,029 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Des Moines: $57,275 ±$2,565
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dallas County: $54,385 ±$1,710
$95,510 ±$12,706 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Des Moines: $86,594 ±$2,354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dallas County: $102,379 ±$3,721

6.1% ±5.5% (334  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Des Moines: 8.4% † 5,933 (±1.6% / ±1,160)
  • about the same as the rate in Dallas County: 6.3% † 6,714 (±1.1% / ±1,155)

18.6 minutes ±1.9 (56,120  ±12,135) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in West Des Moines: 18.3 592,500 (±0.8 / ±33,891)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dallas County: 21.2 995,610 (±0.7 / ±41,335)

Families

2,853 ±235 Number of households
  • West Des Moines: 32,233 ±841
  • Dallas County: 42,471 ±501
1.9 ±0.2 (5,454  ±671) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Des Moines: 2.2 70,678 (±0.1 / ±123)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dallas County: 2.5 107,329 (±0 / ±18)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,153 ±325 Number of housing units
  • West Des Moines: 34,006 ±812
  • Dallas County: 44,804 ±50

$241,800 ±$35,038 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Des Moines: $309,000 ±$10,613
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dallas County: $355,600 ±$8,467

22.4% ±5.5% (1,225  ±337.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Des Moines: 19.9% † 13,976 (±2.2% / ±1,532.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 14% † 14,893 (±1.4% / ±1,491.8)

Social

97.6% ±9.7% (3,655  ±546.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Des Moines: 96.3% 47,694 (±2.9% / ±1,779.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Dallas County: 95.4% 67,953 (±2.7% / ±1,952.7)
73.6% ±8.1% (2,758  ±431.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Des Moines: 54.9% 27,223 (±2.2% / ±1,241.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Dallas County: 51.5% 36,672 (±2% / ±1,430.4)

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

16.1% ±7.8% (880  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Des Moines: 10.9% † 7,731 (±1.5% / ±1,095)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Dallas County: 10.4% 11,214

1.5% ±1.2% (71  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Des Moines: 5.4% † 3,015 (±0.9% / ±505)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Dallas County: 5.5% † 4,323 (±0.6% / ±464)
71 Total veterans ±60 45 Male ±44 26 Female ±41

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