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50310

31,177 Population
8 square miles 3,879.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$39,191 ±$2,271 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$76,381 ±$4,706 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

10.8% ±2.7% (3,328  ±849) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

19.2 minutes ±0.3 (250,080  ±21,573) 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)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

13,428 ±654 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.1 (30,887  ±2,057) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

10.3% ±3.5% (754  ±269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

14,288 ±649 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$222,700 ±$6,094 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
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

12.6% ±2.6% (3,826  ±840.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.7% 98,801 (±0.6% / ±4,006.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

88.1% ±6.8% (19,257  ±1,004.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 457,660 (±1% / ±5,068.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
36.8% ±1.7% (8,047  ±593.7) 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 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

16.4% ±3% (5,118  ±1,007) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double 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% ±1% (1,215  ±254) 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 three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,215 Total veterans ±254 1,011 Male ±216 204 Female ±136

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