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Des Moines, IA 50320 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 50320: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Des Moines, IA 50320

Not Acceptable, USPS

South Des Moines, IA 50320

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Polk County
Centroid: Latitude 41.541, Longitude -93.582
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 50320 has segments in 2 Counties (Polk, Warren).

Businesses Addresses: 272
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 8,478

Multi-Family Addresses: 1,285
Single Family Addresses: 7,193

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

50320 ZIP Code Map

Des Moines, IA 50320 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	22,544
Daytime Population: Workers	4,013
Daytime Population: Residents	11,929
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	15,942
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.71
Population in Households	22,387
Population in Familes	18,337
Population in Group Qrtrs	157
Population Density²	1,248
Diversity Index³	63

INCOME
Median Household Income	$58,540
Average Household Income	$72,340
Per Capita Income	$26,220

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	8,761 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	5,685 (64.9%)
Renter Occupied HU	2,454 (28.0%)
Vacant Housing Units	622 ( 7.1%)
Median Home Value	$166,179
Average Home Value	$178,364

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	8,139
Average Household Size	2.75
Family Households	5,662
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	1.69%	1.64%
Households	1.43%	1.51%
Families	1.31%	1.42%
Median Household Income		1.26%
Per Capita Income		2.01%

Des Moines, IA 50320 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 50320 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.