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Des Moines, IA

213,164 Population
88.2 square miles 2,417.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,347 ±$784 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $42,742 ±$542
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
$62,378 ±$1,554 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $81,103 ±$1,080
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395

15.2% ±0.9% (31,681  ±1,940) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.2% 64,115 (±0.5% / ±3,152)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)

19.5 minutes ±0.5 (1,906,850  ±61,512) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,747,725 (±0.3 / ±109,691)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

88,894 ±1,211 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 283,928 ±1,171
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
2.3 ±0 (208,103  ±210) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.5 698,313 (±0 / ±215)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320

4.7% ±0.7% (2,559  ±394) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,828 (±0.4% / ±741)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)

Housing

96,245 ±1,171 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 303,147 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977

$170,700 ±$2,112 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $235,800 ±$2,617
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035

17% ±0.9% (35,778  ±1,853.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 14.5% 101,968 (±0.5% / ±3,628.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)

Social

87.6% ±1.5% (122,827  ±2,481.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.7% 444,718 (±1.1% / ±4,990.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
28.7% ±1% (40,230  ±1,488.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 38.5% 182,754 (±0.7% / ±3,343.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)

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

13.7% ±0.7% (29,108  ±1,559) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.3% 59,333
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537

5.7% ±0.5% (9,328  ±741) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.3% 33,599 (±0.2% / ±1,305)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
9,328 Total veterans ±741 8,515 Male ±701 813 Female ±252

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