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Census Tract 51.02, Polk, IA

1,646 Population
0.6 square miles 2,715.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 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

$65,711 ±$17,784 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Des Moines: $37,863 ±$917
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
$62,027 ±$9,857 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Des Moines: $65,932 ±$1,922
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283

7.9% ±5.1% (130  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Des Moines: 15% 31,077 (±1.1% / ±2,258)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)

15.1 minutes ±2.6 (16,700  ±5,098) 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

1,143 ±173 Number of households
  • Des Moines: 90,105 ±1,262
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
1.4 ±0.2 (1,621  ±320) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Des Moines: 2.3 207,448 (±0 / ±224)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)

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

Housing

1,194 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines: 97,604 ±1,191
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$548,900 ±$143,995 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Des Moines: $194,700 ±$3,372
  • more than double the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

28.6% ±9.2% (470  ±176.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Des Moines: 15.7% 32,957 (±1% / ±2,146.4)
  • about double the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)

Social

98.2% ±12% (1,222  ±290) 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)
67.5% ±13.4% (840  ±238.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Des Moines: 29.7% 41,668 (±1.1% / ±1,582.3)
  • more than 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

22.1% ±17.2% (363  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times 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

0.2% ±0.3% (3  ±5) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Des Moines: 5% 8,179 (±0.4% / ±725)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
3 Total veterans ±5 3 Male ±5 N/A Female ±10

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