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Des Moines, IA

213,545 Population
88.2 square miles 2,421.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$31,276 ±$824 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $39,333 ±$519
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $34,817 ±$223
$58,444 ±$1,626 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $75,134 ±$1,046
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $65,429 ±$397

15.3% ±1% (31,926  ±2,015) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9% 62,206 (±0.5% / ±3,194)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 339,695 (±0.2% / ±7,138)

19.2 minutes ±0.3 (1,909,550  ±47,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.7 6,781,620 (±0.2 / ±107,524)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.6 28,663,880 (±0.1 / ±199,654)

Families

86,992 ±1,303 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 277,960 ±1,276
  • Iowa: 1,275,893 ±3,252
2.4 ±0 (208,593  ±683) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.5 689,344 (±0 / ±907)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,086,331 (±0)

5.3% ±0.8% (2,887  ±413) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.1% 8,683 (±0.4% / ±713)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,138 (±0.2% / ±1,474)

Housing

94,354 ±1,126 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 297,435 ±378
  • Iowa: 1,407,100 ±583

$149,700 ±$2,349 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $205,200 ±$2,014
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $160,700 ±$621

17.5% ±1% (36,901  ±2,043.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 15% 104,082 (±0.5% / ±3,709.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 14% 440,245 (±0.2% / ±6,898.7)

Social

87.1% ±1.6% (121,767  ±2,507.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 436,563 (±1% / ±4,729.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 92.8% 1,967,504 (±0.4% / ±8,443)
28.1% ±1% (39,283  ±1,404.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 37.6% 175,786 (±0.6% / ±2,982.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 29.7% 629,720 (±0.2% / ±5,177.7)

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

13.8% ±0.8% (29,374  ±1,622) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.1% 56,952 (±0.4% / ±2,502)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.5% 173,864 (±0.1% / ±3,830)

5.8% ±0.5% (9,408  ±756) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.4% 33,354 (±0.3% / ±1,461)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 7.2% 174,514 (±0.1% / ±2,492)
9,408 Total veterans ±756 8,636 Male ±685 772 Female ±244

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