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Des Moines City PUMA, IA

181,219 Population
63.2 square miles 2,869.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,445 ±$2,051 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,054 ±$2,932 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±2.6% (27,445  ±4,672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.6 minutes ±1.6 (1,636,750  ±98,966) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

77,629 ±3,650 Number of households
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (176,797  ±6,693) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.8% ±2.6% (3,649  ±1,260) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

84,771 ±3,644 Number of housing units
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$215,000 ±$6,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15% ±2.6% (26,786  ±4,802.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.3% ±3.4% (106,891  ±5,716) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.4% ±2.8% (39,233  ±3,694.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

22.6% ±1.6% (39,335  ±2,758.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 9.1% 276,143 (±0.2% / ±5,110.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

13.8% ±1.9% (25,050  ±3,563) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±1% (6,882  ±1,441) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,882 Total veterans ±1,441 5,837 Male ±1,355 1,045 Female ±528

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