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50023

46,306 Population
21 square miles 2,208.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of 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

$49,500 ±$2,175 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$117,826 ±$6,685 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

4.1% ±1.2% (1,884  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

22 minutes ±1 (460,060  ±39,855) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21 6,727,745 (±0.3 / ±105,462)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

17,717 ±808 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.6 ±0 (45,610  ±2,197) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 717,916 (±0 / ±219)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

5.4% ±2% (663  ±251) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

18,560 ±811 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$345,100 ±$11,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $267,400 ±$3,201
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

14.6% ±2.9% (6,675  ±1,382) 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 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

98.5% ±2.9% (28,964  ±1,579.2) 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)
53.4% ±3.3% (15,696  ±1,199.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • more than 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

3.9% ±1.1% (1,795  ±513) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

4.4% ±0.9% (1,446  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,446 Total veterans ±291 1,322 Male ±285 124 Female ±78

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