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BG 2, Tract 108.05, Polk, IA

6,075 Population
1.5 square miles 3,948.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.8 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

$44,485 ±$5,641 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Des Moines: $37,863 ±$917
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
$123,372 ±$8,254 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Des Moines: $65,932 ±$1,922
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283

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Families

1,958 ±350 Number of households
  • Des Moines: 90,105 ±1,262
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
3.1 ±0.3 (6,071  ±1,260) 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

1,958 ±350 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines: 97,604 ±1,191
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136

$278,100 ±$28,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Des Moines: $194,700 ±$3,372
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486

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Social

89.1% ±3.6% (3,308  ±609.6) 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)
40% ±10% (1,485  ±457.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Des Moines: 29.7% 41,668 (±1.1% / ±1,582.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 40.3% 135,414 (±0.8% / ±2,806.8)

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6.7% ±2.8% (300  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Des Moines: 5% 8,179 (±0.4% / ±725)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
300 Total veterans ±144 220 Male ±108 80 Female ±100

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