Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Des Moines city GEOCODE:19-4550 IA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,894 100.0% 31,695 100.0% 9,801 44.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,335 83.7% 25,515 80.5% 7,180 39.2 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 389 1.8% 493 1.6% 104 26.7 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 21,330 97.4% 30,635 96.7% 9,305 43.6 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 224 1.0% 388 1.2% 164 73.2 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 228 1.0% 387 1.2% 159 69.7 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 39 0.2% 62 0.2% 23 59.0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 484 2.2% 745 2.4% 261 53.9 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,254 5.7% 2,089 6.6% 835 66.6 0.9 5-17.................. 4,738 21.6% 5,321 16.8% 583 12.3 -4.9 18-24.................. 2,521 11.5% 3,234 10.2% 713 28.3 -1.3 25-44.................. 6,840 31.2% 11,419 36.0% 4,579 66.9 4.8 45-64.................. 4,585 20.9% 6,283 19.8% 1,698 37.0 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,956 8.9% 3,349 10.6% 1,393 71.2 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,992 27.4% 7,410 23.4% 1,418 23.7 -4.0 40 AND OVER............ 8,042 36.7% 12,012 37.9% 3,970 49.4 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.5 33.2 1.7 5.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $40,266 $41,045 779 1.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $48,215 $49,898 1,683 3.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $17,997 $21,503 3,506 19.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 900 4.2% 1,036 3.3% 136 15.1 -0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,314 100.0% 12,918 100.0% 4,604 55.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,758 69.3% 8,411 65.1% 2,653 46.1 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,837 46.2% 5,984 46.3% 2,147 56.0 0.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,065 60.9% 7,387 57.2% 2,322 45.8 -3.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,564 30.8% 3,504 27.1% 940 36.7 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 576 6.9% 836 6.5% 260 45.1 -0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 356 4.3% 461 3.6% 105 29.5 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,056 24.7% 3,495 27.1% 1,439 70.0 2.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,381 100.0% 21,051 100.0% 7,670 57.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,463 33.4% 4,477 21.3% 14 0.3 -12.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,321 32.3% 8,806 41.8% 4,485 103.8 9.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,293 100.0% 18,863 100.0% 6,570 53.4 FEMALE................ 5,601 45.6% 9,223 48.9% 3,622 64.7 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 11,989 97.5% 18,327 97.2% 6,338 52.9 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,433 36.1% 7,569 40.1% 3,136 70.7 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,188 9.7% 1,546 8.2% 358 30.1 -1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,917 100.0% 13,666 100.0% 4,749 53.3 OCCUPIED.............. 8,312 93.2% 12,972 94.9% 4,660 56.1 1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,410 65.1% 8,070 62.2% 2,660 49.2 -2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $111,574 $104,399 -7,175 -6.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,902 34.9% 4,902 37.8% 2,000 68.9 2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $520 $526 6 1.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,659 63.5% 8,199 60.0% 2,540 44.9 -3.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 235 2.6% 260 1.9% 25 10.6 -0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1966.4 1976.0 9.6 0.5 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis