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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

Acceptable Alternative

WDM, IA 50266

Not Acceptable, USPS

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: 1,658
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 15,815

Multi-Family Addresses: 5,701
Single Family Addresses: 10,114

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

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West Des Moines, IA 50266 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	33,196
Daytime Population: Workers	41,122
Daytime Population: Residents	14,570
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	55,692
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	1.68
Population in Households	33,131
Population in Familes	24,178
Population in Group Qrtrs	65
Population Density²	1,613
Diversity Index³	40

INCOME
Median Household Income	$77,401
Average Household Income	$102,547
Per Capita Income	$44,615

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	15,753 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	8,337 (52.9%)
Renter Occupied HU	6,096 (38.7%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,320 ( 8.4%)
Median Home Value	$242,047
Average Home Value	$271,794

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	14,433
Average Household Size	2.3
Family Households	8,012
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
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	4.04%	3.27%
Households	3.88%	3.21%
Families	3.87%	3.15%
Median Household Income		1.29%
Per Capita Income		1.95%

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

The table below compares 50266 to the other 963 ZIP Codes in Iowa by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 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.