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50021

30,283 Population
24.1 square miles 1,257.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$53,356 ±$4,111 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$99,572 ±$7,864 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

3.9% ±1.8% (1,164  ±559) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

19.5 minutes ±3.1 (250,535  ±25,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21 6,727,745 (±0.3 / ±105,462)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

12,244 ±809 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.5 ±0.1 (30,203  ±2,106) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 717,916 (±0 / ±219)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

3.4% ±1.8% (262  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

12,846 ±828 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$317,200 ±$17,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $267,400 ±$3,201
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

15.4% ±3.5% (4,633  ±1,086) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.7% 98,801 (±0.6% / ±4,006.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

97.1% ±3.5% (19,783  ±1,370.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 457,660 (±1% / ±5,068.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
49.1% ±3.7% (10,001  ±956) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

5.6% ±2.5% (1,689  ±774) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

7.5% ±1.7% (1,678  ±398) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,678 Total veterans ±398 1,564 Male ±400 114 Female ±96

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