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West Des Moines Community School District, IA

65,851 Population
35.5 square miles 1,856.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 36.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$52,901 ±$5,966 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $44,757 ±$1,942
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
$81,576 ±$7,658 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Polk County: $78,979 ±$3,914
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135

12% ±5.4% (7,779  ±3,542) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 11.7% † 58,031 (±1.4% / ±6,950)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)

18 minutes ±0.7 (521,115  ±33,495) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 19.9 4,462,415 (±0.3 / ±95,115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

27,999 ±1,925 Number of households
  • Polk County: 207,757 ±2,692
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
2.3 ±0.2 (65,457  ±3,255) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.4 497,040 (±0 / ±169)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409

5.1% ±2.7% (752  ±408) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 5.5% † 6,803 (±1.2% / ±1,530)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)

Housing

29,393 ±2,082 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 222,344 ±85
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169

$321,100 ±$16,588 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $271,300 ±$7,193
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351

19.2% ±6.7% (12,530  ±4,396.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 14.3% † 71,380 (±1.7% / ±8,523.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)

Social

91.6% ±5.9% (43,336  ±3,801.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 91.4% 309,678 (±2.5% / ±8,554.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
50.1% ±4.8% (23,695  ±2,672.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 41.1% 139,113 (±1.6% / ±5,431)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)

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

13.3% ±4.7% (8,772  ±3,154) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 10.4% 52,637
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605

5.6% ±1.7% (2,825  ±861) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 5.5% † 20,966 (±0.7% / ±2,738)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
2,825 Total veterans ±861 2,677 Male ±830 148 Female ±176

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