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Des Moines, IA 50316

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The 50316 ZIP Code is centered1 in Polk County at latitude 41.608 and longitude -93.597 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Polk County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 50316 was 16,381 with 6,359 housing units; a land area land area of 3.59 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 4,560.07 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Des Moines, IA (< 0.1 mile)
Swanwood, IA (3.1 miles N)
Norwoodville, IA (3.1 miles NE)
Marquisville, IA (3.4 miles N)
East Des Moines, IA (3.4 miles SE)
Bowsher, IA (3.6 miles NE)
Saylor, IA (4.1 miles N)
Pleasant Hill, IA (4.3 miles ESE)
Capitol Heights, IA (4.3 miles ENE)
Berwick, IA (4.7 miles NE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Easton Place, IA (1.4 miles E)
Radio City Mobile Home Park, IA (1.4 miles N)
Pine Grove Mobile Home Park, IA (1.4 miles N)
Grandview Village Mobile Home Park, IA (2.7 miles ENE)
Country Estate Village, IA (2.7 miles ENE)
Stover Heights Community, IA (3.1 miles NE)
Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park, IA (4.1 miles ESE)
P and H Mobile Home Court, IA (4.3 miles S)
Highview Mobile Home Park, IA (4.3 miles S)
Sunny-Brook Mobile Home Park, IA (4.9 miles NNE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.