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Des Moines, WA

32,667 Population
6.4 square miles 5,093.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$42,528 ±$3,065 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $57,833 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$81,362 ±$7,292 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $107,206 ±$763
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

11.8% ±4% (3,787  ±1,295) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.3% 327,897 (±0.2% / ±7,795)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

30.2 minutes ±0.9 (399,770  ±30,231) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 30.2 51,052,064 (±0.1 / ±317,839)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

12,369 ±588 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,565,696 ±3,277
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.6 ±0.1 (31,805  ±392) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,928,118 (±0 / ±563)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

6.2% ±2% (503  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,363 (±0.2% / ±1,799)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

13,011 ±567 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,657,075 ±330
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$483,200 ±$10,408 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $628,500 ±$2,727
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

15% ±3.8% (4,834  ±1,223) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16.7% 661,090 (±0.3% / ±10,217)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

88.6% ±3.7% (20,622  ±1,113.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.3% 2,635,014 (±0.4% / ±12,204.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
30.4% ±2.5% (7,078  ±,631.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 45.2% 1,277,595 (±0.3% / ±8,108.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

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

25.8% ±3.5% (8,442  ±1,145) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.9% 796,546
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

6.3% ±1% (1,623  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7% 219,039 (±0.1% / ±3,476)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
1,623 Total veterans ±266 1,504 Male ±265 119 Female ±57

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