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Des Moines, WA

31,734 Population
6.4 square miles 4,949.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,838 ±$2,585 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $45,750 ±$271
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $38,915 ±$183
$70,222 ±$6,888 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $86,856 ±$483
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $73,775 ±$298

9.8% ±2.7% (3,053  ±856) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 9% 342,356 (±0.2% / ±6,679)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 10.8% 785,244 (±0.2% / ±11,622)

30.8 minutes ±1.1 (449,215  ±30,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 31.1 58,406,500 (±0.1 / ±300,346)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 28 93,771,990 (±0.1 / ±388,739)

Families

12,114 ±398 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,499,147 ±3,693
  • Washington: 2,848,396 ±5,857
2.6 ±0.1 (31,136  ±158) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,803,211 (±0 / ±1,378)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,258,060 (±0)

6.1% ±1.7% (458  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.3% 51,164 (±0.2% / ±1,624)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.4% 94,822 (±0.1% / ±1,984)

Housing

12,783 ±443 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,592,620 ±704
  • Washington: 3,106,528 ±825

$359,100 ±$9,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $436,100 ±$1,921
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$970

18% ±3% (5,653  ±955.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18% 688,150 (±0.2% / ±9,138.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 17.7% 1,296,044 (±0.2% / ±12,550.4)

Social

86.5% ±3.6% (19,527  ±976.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 92.6% 2,510,166 (±0.4% / ±10,577.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,659,175 (±0.3% / ±14,822.3)
26.7% ±2.1% (6,019  ±497.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 43% 1,164,358 (±0.3% / ±6,773.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 36% 1,837,612 (±0.2% / ±8,960.3)

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

21.1% ±2.4% (6,682  ±768) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 18.7% 722,043 (±0.2% / ±6,580)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,056,534 (±0.1% / ±8,351)

6.8% ±1.1% (1,705  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 7.9% 238,189 (±0.1% / ±2,757)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 9.3% 529,784 (±0.1% / ±4,366)
1,705 Total veterans ±266 1,567 Male ±260 138 Female ±73

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