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Urbandale, IA

45,591 Population
22.5 square miles 2,022 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$51,170 ±$2,411 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $42,742 ±$542
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $37,949 ±$241
$111,888 ±$6,457 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $81,103 ±$1,080
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $70,571 ±$395

5.5% ±1.4% (2,484  ±618) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.2% 64,115 (±0.5% / ±3,152)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 343,141 (±0.2% / ±6,097)

19 minutes ±0.9 (392,785  ±24,032) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,747,725 (±0.3 / ±109,691)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

17,163 ±493 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 283,928 ±1,171
  • Iowa: 1,290,139 ±4,032
2.6 ±0.1 (45,257  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.5 698,313 (±0 / ±215)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,090,320

6% ±2.2% (608  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,828 (±0.4% / ±741)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)

Housing

17,954 ±577 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 303,147 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,417,064 ±977

$298,500 ±$7,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $235,800 ±$2,617
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $181,600 ±$1,035

12.4% ±2.2% (5,563  ±,972.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 14.5% 101,968 (±0.5% / ±3,628.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 431,609 (±0.2% / ±6,970.1)

Social

95.3% ±3.6% (29,593  ±1,296) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.7% 444,718 (±1.1% / ±4,990.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 1,982,557 (±0.4% / ±9,380.8)
51.9% ±2.9% (16,113  ±,969.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 38.5% 182,754 (±0.7% / ±3,343.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 30.3% 645,329 (±0.3% / ±5,788.2)

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

9.3% ±1.5% (4,244  ±692) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.3% 59,333
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 178,537

6.6% ±0.9% (2,194  ±298) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.3% 33,599 (±0.2% / ±1,305)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 7% 171,836 (±0.1% / ±2,426)
2,194 Total veterans ±298 2,074 Male ±279 120 Female ±80

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