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50112

11,862 Population
182.2 square miles 65.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,893 ±$4,190 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,078 ±$7,862 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±2.4% (940  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.6 minutes ±2.8 (77,990  ±15,671) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21 6,727,745 (±0.3 / ±105,462)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,671 ±302 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (10,309  ±460) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 717,916 (±0 / ±219)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±2% (83  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,025 ±280 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,900 ±$14,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $267,400 ±$3,201
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±3.3% (2,293  ±402.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.7% 98,801 (±0.6% / ±4,006.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±5.9% (7,167  ±556.9) 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35% ±3.9% (2,616  ±315.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.8% ±1.1% (568  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.9% (657  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
657 Total veterans ±188 615 Male ±187 42 Female ±33

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