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Census Tract 110.28, Polk, IA

5,306 Population
15.9 square miles 334.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Des Moines: 36 ±1.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2

Economics

$74,421 ±$16,764 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Des Moines: $57,275 ±$2,565
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
$75,404 ±$18,826 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Des Moines: $86,594 ±$2,354
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283

8.9% ±6.5% (471  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in West Des Moines: 8.4% † 5,933 (±1.6% / ±1,160)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)

19 minutes ±2 (42,255  ±9,391) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in West Des Moines: 18.3 592,500 (±0.8 / ±33,891)
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 20 4,465,015 (±0.3 / ±87,777)

Families

2,429 ±282 Number of households
  • West Des Moines: 32,233 ±841
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
2.2 ±0.3 (5,301  ±522) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Des Moines: 2.2 70,678 (±0.1 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)

4.9% ±3.8% (61  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Des Moines: 4.6% † 830 (±1.5% / ±273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 5.5% 6,789 (±0.5% / ±668)

Housing

2,508 ±269 Number of housing units
  • West Des Moines: 34,006 ±812
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$364,400 ±$52,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Des Moines: $309,000 ±$10,613
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

14.8% ±5.4% (777  ±293.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Des Moines: 19.9% † 13,976 (±2.2% / ±1,532.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)

Social

96.9% ±6.7% (3,952  ±513.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Des Moines: 96.3% 47,694 (±2.9% / ±1,779.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 311,012 (±1.3% / ±4,464.1)
51% ±6.7% (2,080  ±356.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Des Moines: 54.9% 27,223 (±2.2% / ±1,241.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

15.9% ±8.5% (846  ±460) 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 Polk County: 10.1% 50,787

2.8% ±1.9% (123  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in West Des Moines: 5.4% † 3,015 (±0.9% / ±505)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
123 Total veterans ±83 123 Male ±83 N/A Female ±15

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