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Census Tract 42, Polk, IA

3,203 Population
0.8 square miles 3,918.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Des Moines: 34.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,348 ±$4,965 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Des Moines: $37,863 ±$917
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
$57,703 ±$10,982 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Des Moines: $65,932 ±$1,922
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283

8.1% ±3.6% (258  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Des Moines: 15% 31,077 (±1.1% / ±2,258)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)

20.2 minutes ±4.3 (32,215  ±9,548) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Des Moines: 19.5 1,880,510 (±0.4 / ±58,069)
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 20 4,465,015 (±0.3 / ±87,777)

Families

1,657 ±239 Number of households
  • Des Moines: 90,105 ±1,262
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
1.9 ±0.4 (3,198  ±426) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Des Moines: 2.3 207,448 (±0 / ±224)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)

2.6% ±3% (23  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Des Moines: 5.8% † 3,140 (±0.8% / ±433)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 5.5% 6,789 (±0.5% / ±668)

Housing

1,784 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines: 97,604 ±1,191
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$151,000 ±$18,746 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Des Moines: $194,700 ±$3,372
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

31.9% ±10.4% (1,014  ±357.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Des Moines: 15.7% 32,957 (±1% / ±2,146.4)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)

Social

86.5% ±7.5% (2,108  ±398.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Des Moines: 87% 121,981 (±1.8% / ±2,733.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 311,012 (±1.3% / ±4,464.1)
29.5% ±8.1% (718  ±232) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Des Moines: 29.7% 41,668 (±1.1% / ±1,582.3)
  • about three-quarters of 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

14.9% ±5% (477  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Des Moines: 14.2% 30,141 (±0.8% / ±1,611)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 10.1% 50,787

3.4% ±2.2% (87  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Des Moines: 5% 8,179 (±0.4% / ±725)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
87 Total veterans ±58 87 Male ±58 N/A Female ±10

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