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Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area

729,053 Population
3,612.4 square miles 201.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$44,692 ±$1,018 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $38,917 ±$522
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$80,061 ±$2,262 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $69,588 ±$889
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.9% ±1.1% (63,990  ±7,990) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 339,867 (±0.4% / ±12,981)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.4 minutes ±0.6 (6,974,410  ±245,496) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,607,816 (±0.3 / ±421,776)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

297,060 ±2,734 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,330,995 ±5,631
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (716,735  ±795) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 † 3,101,828 (±417.4 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.4% ±0.9% (9,435  ±1,594) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.8% 41,204 (±0.4% / ±2,685)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

315,087 ±350 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,438,456 ±779
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$258,800 ±$5,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $194,600 ±$2,298
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.1% ±1.1% (94,255  ±7,721.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.8% 406,658 (±0.4% / ±14,081.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

93.9% ±2.2% (458,402  ±10,951.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.5% 2,018,490 (±0.9% / ±19,329)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
41.1% ±1.4% (200,479  ±7,012.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 32.3% 697,806 (±0.5% / ±11,458.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

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

9.4% ±7,124.7% (68,164  ±5,621) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6% † 190,727 (±1,034.4% / ±7,532)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.7% ±0.4% (31,261  ±2,357) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.4% 158,976 (±0.2% / ±4,558)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
31,261 Total veterans ±2,357 28,751 Male ±2,347 2,510 Female ±674

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