ZIP code 50311 demographics
Des Moines, Iowa · Polk County
Quick answer
ZIP code 50311 has 15,889 residents and a median household income of $63,233 — 19% below the US median. Within Des Moines it earns 1% more than the typical covered ZIP in the metro.
- Median household income
- $63,233#569 of 959 covered ZIPs
- Population
- 15,8896,697 households
- Median home value
- $228,000#716 of 955 covered ZIPs
- Median gross rent
- $1,019/moUS median $1,406/mo
- Median age
- 30.8US 39.1
- Owner-occupied
- 48%US 65%
- Below poverty line
- 20.3%US 12.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 41.4%Adults 25+, US 35%
Reading ZIP 50311
What the numbers say about this ZIP, in plain terms.
Ownership and renting are close to balanced here — 48% of occupied homes are owner-occupied against 65% nationally. 41.4% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 20.3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sales tax charged on a purchase delivered to this ZIP is 7%.
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Related data
The same ZIP and its metro, from other angles.
Tables B01003, B19013, B25077, B25064, B01002, B25003, B17001 and B15003, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year (ZCTA). ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate USPS delivery areas and do not match them exactly.