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Preferred Name, USPS
Des Moines, IA 50317
Acceptable Alternative
Pleasant Hill, IA 50317
Not Acceptable, USPS
Capitol Heights, IA 50317
Carbondale, IA 50317
Norwoodville, IA 50317
Risingsun, IA 50317

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The 50317 ZIP Code is centered1 in Polk County at latitude 41.603 and longitude -93.544 (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) 50317 was 40,843 with 16,444 housing units; a land area land area of 32.97 sq. miles; a water area of 0.14 sq. miles; and a population density of 1,238.78 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Pleasant Hill, IA (1.9 miles SE)
Bowsher, IA (2.4 miles N)
East Des Moines, IA (2.4 miles SSW)
Capitol Heights, IA (2.4 miles NNE)
Carbondale, IA (2.4 miles SE)
Norwoodville, IA (3.1 miles NNW)
Des Moines, IA (3.4 miles W)
Rising Sun, IA (3.4 miles ESE)
Hastie, IA (3.9 miles SE)
Levey, IA (4.1 miles SSE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Easton Place, IA (1.4 miles WNW)
Country Estate Village, IA (1.4 miles NNW)
Grandview Village Mobile Home Park, IA (1.9 miles N)
Pleasant Valley Mobile Home Park, IA (1.9 miles SSE)
Stover Heights Community, IA (2.7 miles NNW)
Radio City Mobile Home Park, IA (3.4 miles WNW)
Pine Grove Mobile Home Park, IA (3.6 miles WNW)
Sunny-Brook Mobile Home Park, IA (4.5 miles N)
P and H Mobile Home Court, IA (4.7 miles SW)
Highview Mobile Home Park, IA (4.7 miles SW)

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.