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Des Moines, WA

32,545 Population
6.4 square miles 5,074.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,963 ±$2,426 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $61,286 ±$389
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$89,787 ±$7,798 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,594 ±$909
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

10.7% ±2.8% (3,416  ±899) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 332,072 (±0.2% / ±8,221)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

30.6 minutes ±1.2 (408,690  ±33,763) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.6 48,532,780 (±0.1 / ±305,413)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

12,066 ±473 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,586,350 ±3,413
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.6 ±0.1 (31,733  ±211) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,948,877 (±0 / ±709)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

5% ±1.9% (417  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,647 (±0.2% / ±1,950)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

12,740 ±470 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,681,971 ±386
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$539,800 ±$26,067 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $673,500 ±$2,926
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

13.3% ±2.8% (4,285  ±907.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16% 636,506 (±0.3% / ±10,390.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

89.1% ±3.6% (20,298  ±1,141.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,660,423 (±0.4% / ±12,064.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
33.2% ±2.5% (7,567  ±647.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 46.3% 1,319,923 (±0.3% / ±8,092.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

26.5% ±2.8% (8,615  ±923) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 20.4% 820,232
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

7.2% ±1.2% (1,832  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.7% 211,008 (±0.1% / ±3,479)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,832 Total veterans ±319 1,712 Male ±310 120 Female ±67

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