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50323

17,265 Population
10.1 square miles 1,706 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.8 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

$67,212 ±$4,934 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,354 ±$591
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$175,944 ±$24,737 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,890 ±$1,070
  • more than double the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

3% ±2% (520  ±340) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 9.1% 65,611 (±0.5% / ±3,414)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

20.2 minutes ±1.3 (135,730  ±17,372) 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

5,830 ±352 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 294,814 ±1,360
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
3 ±0.2 (17,223  ±778) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 717,916 (±0 / ±219)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

4.7% ±2.8% (196  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.5% 9,612 (±0.5% / ±808)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

6,145 ±374 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 314,368 ±156
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$486,800 ±$30,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $267,400 ±$3,201
  • more than double the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

14.2% ±3.2% (2,430  ±560.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little 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

97.4% ±4.5% (10,541  ±826.7) 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)
63% ±4.8% (6,820  ±674.7) 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)
  • about 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

7.3% ±2.4% (1,252  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.8% 64,379
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

6.5% ±1.9% (752  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 32,182 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
752 Total veterans ±228 695 Male ±209 57 Female ±71

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