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Des Moines Independent Community School District, IA

209,846 Population
81.2 square miles 2,584.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,366 ±$1,940 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $44,903 ±$1,540
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,302 ±$2,932 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $82,405 ±$3,522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16% ±2.6% (32,782  ±5,336) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 9.9% † 50,064 (±1.3% / ±6,696)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,909,580  ±117,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 20.2 4,908,820 (±0.7 / ±205,778)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20.4 30,301,924 (±0.3 / ±465,522)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

88,661 ±3,672 Number of households
  • Polk County: 211,294 ±3,129
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (205,135  ±4,649) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Polk County: 2.4 507,476 (±0 / ±159)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.1% ±2.6% (4,332  ±1,386) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 6.5% † 8,189 (±1.4% / ±1,810)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

96,147 ±3,662 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 224,898 ±82
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$211,200 ±$5,681 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $281,400 ±$6,556
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.2% ±2.4% (31,345  ±5,020.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 13.2% † 67,141 (±1.5% / ±7,592)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.3% ±3.5% (122,772  ±6,109.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 92.4% 320,604 (±2.9% / ±10,116.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31% ±2.5% (43,058  ±3,748.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 41.5% 144,046 (±2% / ±6,785)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.3% ±1.7% (27,858  ±3,617) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 10% 51,842
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±1% (7,957  ±1,545) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 5.3% † 20,753 (±0.7% / ±2,541)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,957 Total veterans ±1,545 6,862 Male ±1,468 1,095 Female ±557

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