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Des Moines, IA 50321
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South Des Moines, IA 50321

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The 50321 ZIP Code is centered1 in Polk County at latitude 41.544 and longitude -93.677 (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) 50321 was 7,607 with 3,322 housing units; a land area land area of 12.02 sq. miles; a water area of 0.16 sq. miles; and a population density of 632.74 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Millman, IA (< 0.1 mile)
Lakewood, IA (3.1 miles S)
West Des Moines, IA (3.1 miles NW)
Fort Des Moines, IA (3.6 miles ESE)
Orilla, IA (3.6 miles SW)
Windsor Heights, IA (4.1 miles NNW)
Ashawa, IA (4.5 miles WNW)
Commerce, IA (4.5 miles W)
Crestwood, IA (4.7 miles NNW)
Clive, IA (4.7 miles NNW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Valley Junction, IA (2.4 miles NW)
The Meadows, IA (2.4 miles SSE)
Western Village Mobile Home Park, IA (3.4 miles WNW)
P and H Mobile Home Court, IA (4.1 miles E)
Highview Mobile Home Park, IA (4.1 miles E)
South Ridge Estates, IA (4.3 miles ESE)
Regency Manor Mobile Home Park, IA (4.7 miles ESE)
Paradise Mobile Home Park, IA (5.1 miles NNW)
Andrew Mobile Home Park, IA (5.1 miles NNW)
Blue Bird Mobile Park, IA (5.3 miles NNW)

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.