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Census Tract 30.01, Polk, IA

2,092 Population
0.8 square miles 2,487.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Des Moines: 34.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2

Economics

$52,781 ±$6,920 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Des Moines: $37,863 ±$917
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
$82,313 ±$17,428 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Des Moines: $65,932 ±$1,922
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283

5.6% ±5.1% (113  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Des Moines: 15% 31,077 (±1.1% / ±2,258)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)

15.3 minutes ±5.7 (11,750  ±2,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Des Moines: 19.5 1,880,510 (±0.4 / ±58,069)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Polk County: 20 4,465,015 (±0.3 / ±87,777)

Families

943 ±112 Number of households
  • Des Moines: 90,105 ±1,262
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
2.2 ±0.1 (2,035  ±272) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Des Moines: 2.3 207,448 (±0 / ±224)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)

7.7% ±7.4% (30  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Des Moines: 5.8% † 3,140 (±0.8% / ±433)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 5.5% 6,789 (±0.5% / ±668)

Housing

976 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines: 97,604 ±1,191
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$270,300 ±$24,257 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Des Moines: $194,700 ±$3,372
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

6.6% ±4.5% (137  ±94.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Des Moines: 15.7% 32,957 (±1% / ±2,146.4)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)

Social

96.5% ±4% (1,543  ±195.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Des Moines: 87% 121,981 (±1.8% / ±2,733.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 311,012 (±1.3% / ±4,464.1)
58.4% ±5.7% (933  ±143.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Des Moines: 29.7% 41,668 (±1.1% / ±1,582.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 40.3% 135,414 (±0.8% / ±2,806.8)

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

3.6% ±2.3% (76  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Des Moines: 14.2% 30,141 (±0.8% / ±1,611)
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 10.1% 50,787

6.2% ±3.4% (105  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Des Moines: 5% 8,179 (±0.4% / ±725)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
105 Total veterans ±59 94 Male ±58 11 Female ±12

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