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West Des Moines, IA 50266 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 50266: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

West Des Moines, IA 50266

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WDM, IA 50266

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W Des Moines, IA 50266

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Polk County
Centroid: Latitude 41.587, Longitude -93.766
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 50266 has segments in 2 Counties (Dallas, Polk).

Businesses Addresses: 1,620
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 16,076

Multi-Family Addresses: 5,771
Single Family Addresses: 10,305

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Database updated: August 1, 2018, Maps updated: August 1, 2018.

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West Des Moines, IA 50266 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2018)

POPULATION
Total Population	33,977
Population in Households	33,887
Population in Familes	24,421
Population in Group Qrtrs	90
Population Density¹	1,638
Diversity Index²	38

INCOME
Median Household Income	$82,875
Average Household Income	$109,423
Per Capita Income	$47,465

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	16,251 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	7,941 (48.9%)
Renter Occupied HU	6,785 (41.8%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,525 ( 9.4%)
Median Home Value	$245,414
Average Home Value	$275,995

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	14,726
Average Household Size	2.3
Family Households	8,150
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	3.82%	3.27%
Households	3.65%	3.19%
Families	3.62%	3.16%
Median Household Income		1.32%
Per Capita Income		1.44%

West Des Moines, IA 50266 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 50266 to the other 961 ZIP Codes in Iowa by rank and percentile using July 1, 2018 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.