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Des Moines, IA real estate and demographic information

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Des Moines zip codes50309, 50314, 50315, 50316, 50317, 50032, 50310, 50313, 50312, 50311

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POPULATION
198,688

Des Moines, IA Information

DES MOINES INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 198,688
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 85,105
DES MOINES HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 61.22%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 33.37%
% VACANT 5.41%
TYPE OF DES MOINES HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 64.92%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 2.79%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 7.12%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 22.02%
MOBILE HOMES 3.11%
OTHER 0.04%
SIZE OF DES MOINES HOMES
NO BEDROOM 3.45%
1 BEDROOM 15.74%
2 BEDROOMS 37.65%
3 BEDROOMS 32.60%
4 BEDROOMS 8.91%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1.65%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 3.46%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 25.14%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 40.80%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 30.60%


DES MOINES REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $125,150
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $637
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$78,000 17.87%
$78,001-$157,000 55.01%
$157,001-$313,000 23.51%
$313,001-$470,000 2.24%
$470,001-$627,000 0.74%
$627,001-$783,000 0.34%
$783,001-$1,175,000 0.19%
$1,175,001-$1,567,000 0.03%
> $1,567,000 0.07%


PEOPLE OF Des Moines DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.64%
5 TO 17 17.03%
18 TO 24 10.57%
25 TO 34 16.51%
35 TO 54 28.11%
55 TO 64 7.77%
65 YEARS AND OVER 12.37%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 83.04%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 21.84%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $38,408
PER CAPITA INCOME $19,467
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 11.35%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Retail (12.36%), Finance (11.70%), Healthcare (11.64%), Manufacturing (9.68%), Construction (6.71%), Accomodation (6.53%), Education (6.36%), Public Service (4.89%), Transportation (4.80%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.76%), Other (4.72%), Administration (4.13%), Wholesale (3.75%), Information Technology (3.68%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 5.84%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 82.48%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 7.78%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.47%
ASIAN 3.22%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.08%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 3.42%
TWO OR MORE RACES 2.55%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 6.45%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Unclassified (25.63%), Other Groups (17.18%), German (15.53%), Irish (7.68%), United States or American (6.78%), English (5.95%), Italian (3.25%), Norwegian (2.82%), Swedish (2.05%)
FOREIGN BORN 7.91%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (81.74%) , Spanish (5.00%)
About Des Moines

Des Moines is a relatively large city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 198,688 people and 55 constituent neighborhoods, Des Moines is the largest community in Iowa.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Des Moines is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Des Moines is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Des Moines who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.11%), sales jobs (10.95%), and management occupations (6.78%).

Also of interest is that Des Moines has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One of the benefits of Des Moines is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.49 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Des Moines Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Des Moines who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.84% of adults in Des Moines have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Des Moines in 2000 was $19,467, which is upper middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,868 for a family of four.

Des Moines is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Des Moines home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Des Moines is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Des Moines include German, Irish, English, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Des Moines is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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