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West Des Moines, IA real estate and demographic information

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West Des Moines zip codes50265, 50266, 50321, 50061

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POPULATION
46,300

West Des Moines, IA Information

WEST DES MOINES INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 46,300
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 20,774
WEST DES MOINES HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 59.26%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 35.94%
% VACANT 4.80%
TYPE OF WEST DES MOINES HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 50.15%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 10.32%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 2.53%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 35.58%
MOBILE HOMES 1.42%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF WEST DES MOINES HOMES
NO BEDROOM 1.43%
1 BEDROOM 10.93%
2 BEDROOMS 37.95%
3 BEDROOMS 29.39%
4 BEDROOMS 17.45%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.85%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 20.63%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 55.79%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 18.75%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 4.83%


WEST DES MOINES REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $215,965
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $819
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$78,000 3.29%
$78,001-$157,000 19.76%
$157,001-$313,000 58.74%
$313,001-$470,000 12.15%
$470,001-$627,000 3.27%
$627,001-$783,000 1.23%
$783,001-$1,175,000 1.24%
$1,175,001-$1,567,000 0.17%
> $1,567,000 0.15%


PEOPLE OF West Des Moines DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.70%
5 TO 17 17.15%
18 TO 24 9.37%
25 TO 34 19.28%
35 TO 54 29.33%
55 TO 64 7.53%
65 YEARS AND OVER 9.64%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 96.30%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 48.47%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $54,139
PER CAPITA INCOME $31,405
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 4.54%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Finance (19.51%), Retail (11.73%), Healthcare (10.80%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (9.17%), Education (6.78%), Manufacturing (6.04%), Accomodation (4.50%), Information Technology (4.50%), Public Service (4.09%), Construction (3.95%), Wholesale (3.84%), Other (3.71%), Transportation (3.34%), Administration (3.11%), Real Estate (2.18%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 6.40%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 92.86%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 1.81%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.27%
ASIAN 2.67%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.00%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 1.16%
TWO OR MORE RACES 1.24%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 3.29%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT German (24.17%), Unclassified (17.98%), Irish (9.21%), Other Groups (8.66%), English (7.53%), United States or American (5.53%), Norwegian (4.20%), Dutch (3.10%), Italian (2.42%), Swedish (2.40%)
FOREIGN BORN 5.37%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (85.05%) , Spanish (2.70%)
About West Des Moines

West Des Moines is a medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 46,300 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, West Des Moines is the tenth largest community in Iowa.

West Des Moines is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, West Des Moines is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Des Moines who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.73%), sales jobs (14.72%), and management occupations (12.71%).

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

West Des Moines, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, West Des Moines is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.96 minutes getting to work every day.

West Des Moines Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to West Des Moines, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. West Des Moines is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 48.47% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in West Des Moines in 2000 was $31,405, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,620 for a family of four.

The people who call West Des Moines home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in West Des Moines is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in West Des Moines include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Dutch, Italian, and Swedish.

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

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