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Des Moines, IA

212,464 Population
88.2 square miles 2,409.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,459 ±$868 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $44,796 ±$522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$63,966 ±$1,754 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $84,209 ±$1,136
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.9% ±0.9% (30,943  ±1,843) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 63,021 (±0.4% / ±2,903)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19.6 minutes ±0.4 (1,914,975  ±55,391) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,701,490 (±0.2 / ±100,463)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

90,085 ±1,256 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 289,451 ±1,214
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0 (207,485  ±190) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 707,288 (±0 / ±209)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5% ±0.8% (2,714  ±440) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,980 (±0.5% / ±799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

97,457 ±1,049 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 308,705 ±223
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$183,700 ±$2,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $252,400 ±$3,032
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

16% ±1.1% (33,668  ±2,221.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.9% 98,978 (±0.6% / ±3,981.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

87.3% ±1.7% (122,884  ±2,565.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.5% 449,966 (±1.1% / ±5,214.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
29% ±1% (40,897  ±1,378.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.1% 188,214 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14% ±0.9% (29,707  ±1,843) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.6% 62,047
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.5% ±0.4% (8,918  ±632) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.2% 33,516 (±0.2% / ±1,237)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
8,918 Total veterans ±632 8,046 Male ±602 872 Female ±270

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