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Des Moines, WA

32,823 Population
6.4 square miles 5,117.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$43,717 ±$2,493 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $63,994 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$92,483 ±$8,944 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $115,177 ±$719
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

12.1% ±3.1% (3,903  ±1,006) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.5% 341,005 (±0.2% / ±7,092)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

30.8 minutes ±1.7 (393,745  ±37,587) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.2 46,776,328 (±0.1 / ±326,527)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

11,925 ±581 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,608,596 ±3,508
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.7 ±0.1 (32,001  ±136) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,989,134 (±0 / ±877)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

5.4% ±1.9% (426  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 4.8% 48,571 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

12,528 ±575 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,704,523 ±503
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$597,000 ±$17,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $717,500 ±$2,514
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

12.6% ±3.2% (4,084  ±1,029.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 15.5% 623,024 (±0.3% / ±10,862.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

89.5% ±3.9% (20,734  ±1,156.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,698,015 (±0.4% / ±12,768.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
33.4% ±2.6% (7,750  ±659.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 47.2% 1,364,940 (±0.3% / ±8,425.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

26% ±3.1% (8,544  ±1,004) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 21% 853,800
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

7% ±1.2% (1,796  ±300) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.4% 203,419 (±0.1% / ±3,044)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
1,796 Total veterans ±300 1,678 Male ±274 118 Female ±85

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