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50263

29,611 Population
27.4 square miles 1,080.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than 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

$55,811 ±$3,760 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$102,762 ±$10,523 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 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

7.3% ±2.4% (2,156  ±719) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

19.7 minutes ±0.8 (248,140  ±22,201) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

11,977 ±419 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 (29,495  ±150) 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

6.6% ±2.9% (510  ±229) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

12,442 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$352,800 ±$12,883 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

16.6% ±3% (4,826  ±873.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 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 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

95.5% ±5.2% (18,820  ±1,179.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 457,660 (±1% / ±5,068.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
58.3% ±4.3% (11,488  ±919.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

14.2% ±2.3% (4,205  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

5.4% ±1.8% (1,174  ±385) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,174 Total veterans ±385 1,096 Male ±365 78 Female ±64

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