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Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

719,146 Population
3,612.4 square miles 199.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,035 ±$1,141 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $35,715 ±$501
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$74,208 ±$1,999 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $65,600 ±$777
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

8.8% ±1.1% (62,294  ±8,027) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,696 (±0.5% / ±16,580)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

20.3 minutes ±0.5 (5,988,545  ±221,663) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 27,121,636 (±0.3 / ±444,667)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

291,147 ±2,601 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,300,467 ±6,514
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (704,950  ±2,288) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,101,420 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5% ±0.8% (8,713  ±1,389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.3% 38,050 (±0.4% / ±3,063)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

308,330 ±950 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,426,039 ±267
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$229,900 ±$5,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $174,400 ±$1,658
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

16.2% ±1.4% (115,392  ±9,635.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.7% 434,255 (±0.5% / ±15,081.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

93.4% ±2.3% (448,984  ±11,190.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 1,994,595 (±0.9% / ±20,047.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
38.2% ±1.5% (183,570  ±7,153.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 30.5% 652,742 (±0.6% / ±11,765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8.3% ±0.6% (59,444  ±4,346) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 173,021 (±0.2% / ±5,974)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5.9% ±0.5% (31,620  ±2,905) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.6% 162,358 (±0.2% / ±5,091)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
31,620 Total veterans ±2,905 28,212 Male ±2,685 3,408 Female ±1,064

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