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Des Moines County

County in Iowa. 38,487 residents. 1,078 km² of land (416 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$904USD per month, ± $71

Iowa $972, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$535 ± $55
1 bedroom$613 ± $40
2 bedrooms$979 ± $35
3 bedrooms$1,206 ± $129
4 bedrooms$1,333 ± $351
5 or more bedroomsnot available

2020–2024. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$136,500USD, ± $6,983

Iowa $208,000, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$177,010
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$182,939
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$164,730
Mobile homes$42,853

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$25.35$1,014$4,394USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

Iowa $29.50$1,180$5,113, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $18.35$734$3,1812024: $25.35$1,014$4,394

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

19,833jobs

2014: 22,6392024: 19,833

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Manufacturing$30.60$1,224$5,3044,07344
Health care and social assistance$32.95$1,318$5,7113,232157
Retail trade$16.05$642$2,7822,610167
Accommodation and food services$9.35$374$1,6211,861104
Construction$31.40$1,256$5,44385682
Transportation and warehousing$28.35$1,134$4,91481548
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$13.03$521$2,25863616
Administrative and support and waste management services$24.03$961$4,16456349
Finance and insurance$34.28$1,371$5,94147667
Professional, scientific, and technical services$33.93$1,357$5,88047053
Other services (except public administration)$21.28$851$3,688447138
Real estate and rental and leasing$19.63$785$3,40216644
Management of companies and enterprises$41.78$1,671$7,24116513
Educational services$14.78$591$2,5611646
Information$24.88$995$4,31214619
Wholesale tradewithheldwithheld49
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionwithheldwithheld6
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and huntingwithheldwithheldnot published
Utilitieswithheldwithheldnot published

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

1,065establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

27.7per 1,000 residents

Iowa 26.0, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See Iowa

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See Iowa

People

Population

38,487people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

35.7people per km²

Iowa 22.2, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

3.1%% of people aged 5 and over

Iowa 9.1%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only96.9%35,072 ± 291
Spanish1.3%477 ± 194
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages0.9%320 ± 215
German or other West Germanic languages0.2%88 ± 59
Other Indo-European languages0.1%52 ± 49
Arabic0.1%48 ± 62
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)0.1%47 ± 66
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.1%37 ± 57
Other and unspecified languages0.1%32 ± 42
French, Haitian or Cajun0.0%18 ± 19
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.0%8 ± 16

2020–2024. Of 36,199 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.