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Census Tract 50, Polk, IA

3,298 Population
0.6 square miles 5,642.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Des Moines: 34.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2

Economics

$22,689 ±$7,658 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Des Moines: $37,863 ±$917
  • about half the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
$46,583 ±$19,028 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Des Moines: $65,932 ±$1,922
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283

36.3% ±19.2% (1,197  ±682) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Des Moines: 15% 31,077 (±1.1% / ±2,258)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)

16.1 minutes ±1.3 (22,625  ±5,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Des Moines: 19.5 1,880,510 (±0.4 / ±58,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 20 4,465,015 (±0.3 / ±87,777)

Families

1,013 ±161 Number of households
  • Des Moines: 90,105 ±1,262
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
3.2 ±0.5 (3,194  ±696) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Des Moines: 2.3 207,448 (±0 / ±224)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)

10.4% ±9.7% (84  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Des Moines: 5.8% † 3,140 (±0.8% / ±433)
  • nearly double the rate in Polk County: 5.5% 6,789 (±0.5% / ±668)

Housing

1,221 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines: 97,604 ±1,191
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$144,900 ±$31,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Des Moines: $194,700 ±$3,372
  • about half the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

17.9% ±8.8% (571  ±301.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Des Moines: 15.7% 32,957 (±1% / ±2,146.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)

Social

70.2% ±10.4% (1,287  ±282.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Des Moines: 87% 121,981 (±1.8% / ±2,733.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 311,012 (±1.3% / ±4,464.1)
10.7% ±6.9% (196  ±129.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Des Moines: 29.7% 41,668 (±1.1% / ±1,582.3)
  • about one-quarter 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

34.5% ±9.2% (1,136  ±388) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Des Moines: 14.2% 30,141 (±0.8% / ±1,611)
  • more than double the rate in Polk County: 10.1% 50,787

4.3% ±3.8% (92  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Des Moines: 5% 8,179 (±0.4% / ±725)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
92 Total veterans ±84 92 Male ±84 N/A Female ±10

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