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Polk County (West) PUMA, IA

179,534 Population
148.3 square miles 1,210.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,006 ±$3,245 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$101,986 ±$5,006 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.2% ±1.8% (11,134  ±3,257) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.2 minutes ±0.4 (1,395,680  ±47,413) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

74,233 ±2,765 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (178,360  ±5,769) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±1.9% (2,259  ±825) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,642 ±3,247 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$334,000 ±$10,517 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±2.7% (20,678  ±4,917.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96% ±3.9% (120,507  ±6,364.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
52.3% ±3.1% (65,716  ±4,504.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

12.3% ±1.7% (19,349  ±2,700.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 9.1% 276,143 (±0.2% / ±5,110.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

10.1% ±1.9% (18,164  ±3,482) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1.2% (8,109  ±1,662) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,109 Total veterans ±1,662 7,392 Male ±1,462 717 Female ±535

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