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Des Moines, WA

31,983 Population
6.4 square miles 4,988.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$37,329 ±$2,295 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $48,157 ±$333
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $40,837 ±$198
$70,268 ±$6,555 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $90,790 ±$511
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $77,006 ±$296

7.6% ±2.5% (2,386  ±782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 325,871 (±0.2% / ±7,629)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 10.2% 751,044 (±0.2% / ±12,849)

30.2 minutes ±1.6 (427,685  ±31,793) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31 56,894,360 (±0.1 / ±362,973)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 28 92,400,305 (±0.1 / ±456,639)

Families

12,284 ±493 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,529,875 ±3,288
  • Washington: 2,905,822 ±5,585
2.6 ±0.1 (31,402  ±181) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,859,719 (±0 / ±1,823)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,365,480

5.5% ±1.8% (442  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.4% 52,273 (±0.2% / ±1,630)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 5.5% 96,936 (±0.1% / ±2,554)

Housing

12,950 ±507 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,617,780 ±752
  • Washington: 3,150,194 ±389

$379,300 ±$9,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $471,900 ±$2,171
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $366,800 ±$1,278

15.8% ±2.4% (4,981  ±763.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 17.4% 676,971 (±0.3% / ±10,136.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 17% 1,259,803 (±0.2% / ±14,297)

Social

87.2% ±4.1% (20,014  ±1,135.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.9% 2,566,260 (±0.4% / ±11,881.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,768,368 (±0.3% / ±16,668.7)
28.9% ±2.7% (6,642  ±646.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 43.6% 1,203,814 (±0.3% / ±7,777.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,907,238 (±0.2% / ±10,362)

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

21.2% ±2.3% (6,767  ±734) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 19.2% 754,455 (±0.2% / ±6,646)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,089,660 (±0.1% / ±8,722)

6.9% ±1.2% (1,743  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.5% 230,306 (±0.1% / ±3,598)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 517,912 (±0.1% / ±5,610)
1,743 Total veterans ±306 1,668 Male ±303 75 Female ±46

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