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BG 1, Tract 52, Polk, IA

914 Population
0.2 square miles 4,401 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.4 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Des Moines: 34.6 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2

Economics

$21,944 ±$5,265 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
$56,377 ±$11,849 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

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Families

293 ±147 Number of households
  • Des Moines: 90,105 ±1,262
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
3.1 ±2.2 (914  ±458) 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)

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Housing

293 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines: 97,604 ±1,191
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$108,900 ±$12,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Des Moines: $194,700 ±$3,372
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

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Social

86.6% ±5% (439  ±198.2) 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)
8.9% ±10.9% (45  ±58.7) 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-fifth of the rate in Polk County: 40.3% 135,414 (±0.8% / ±2,806.8)

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11.6% ±14.2% (77  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Des Moines: 5% 8,179 (±0.4% / ±725)
  • about double the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
77 Total veterans ±102 76 Male ±103 1 Female ±2

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