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Capitol Heights neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa (IA), 50317 detailed profile


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Area: 0.507 square miles

Population: 2,580

Population density:
Capitol Heights:

5,092 people per square mile
Des Moines:

2,783 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 1,17942.2%White
    • 69224.8%Black
    • 39514.1%Two or more races
    • 31311.2%Hispanic or Latino
    • 2147.7%Asian
Age and Sex of Residents in Capitol Heights in Des Moines, IA
Median household income in 2022:
Capitol Heights:

$56,150
Des Moines:

$58,018

  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 171Less than $10,000
  • 152$10,000 to $19,999
  • 100$20,000 to $29,999
  • 126$30,000 to $39,999
  • 133$40,000 to $49,999
  • 60$50,000 to $59,999
  • 85$60,000 to $74,999
  • 119$75,000 to $99,999
  • 31$100,000 to $124,999
  • 31$125,000 to $149,999
  • 44$150,000 to $199,999
  • 90$200,000 or more

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 51Less than $50,000
  • 22$50,000 to $99,999
  • 72$100,000 to $149,999
  • 90$150,000 to $199,999
  • 17$200,000 to $249,999
  • 25$250,000 to $299,999
  • 9$300,000 to $399,999
  • 15$500,000 to $749,999

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 20$200 to $299
  • 20$300 to $399
  • 21$400 to $499
  • 23$500 to $599
  • 8$600 to $699
  • 255$700 to $799
  • 194$800 to $899
  • 99$900 to $999
  • 236$1,000 to $1,249
  • 9$1,250 to $1,499
  • 25$1,500 to $1,999
Median rent in 2022:
Capitol Heights:

$875
Des Moines:

$873

Zip codes: 50317.

Males:

1,228
Females:

1,351
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

32.6 years
Whole city:

34.7 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

33.8 years
Whole city:

35.5 years

Average household size:
Capitol Heights:

2.5 people
Des Moines:

2.2 people

Percentage of family households:
Capitol Heights:

46.4%
Des Moines:

40.8%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

19.1%
Des Moines:

32.7%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Capitol Heights:

9.4%
Des Moines:

26.2%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Capitol Heights:

28.1%
Des Moines:

14.0%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Capitol Heights:

23.0%
Des Moines:

21.4%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Capitol Heights:

21.9%
city:

19.3%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Capitol Heights:

7.1%
Des Moines:

5.0%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

62.0%
Des Moines:

64.1%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Capitol Heights:

20.5%
Des Moines:

19.2%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

2.3%
city:

0.5%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

15.2%
Des Moines:

16.2%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Capitol Heights
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Capitol Heights
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 543 rooms
  • 114 rooms
  • 1095 rooms
  • 276 rooms
  • 457 rooms
  • 158 rooms
  • 99+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Capitol Heights
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Capitol Heights
  • 01 room
  • 102 rooms
  • 2063 rooms
  • 3024 rooms
  • 2695 rooms
  • 76 rooms
  • 97 rooms
  • 08 rooms
  • 249+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Capitol Heights
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Capitol Heights
  • 0no bedroom
  • 161 bedroom
  • 752 bedrooms
  • 903 bedrooms
  • 514 bedrooms
  • 405+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Capitol Heights
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Capitol Heights
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1831 bedroom
  • 3712 bedrooms
  • 2463 bedrooms
  • 284 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

2.0
Des Moines:

1.9

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:

1.0
city:

1.2

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Capitol Heights:

73.3%
Des Moines:

69.7%


Housing prices:

  • Average estimated value of detached houses in 2022 (20.2% of all units):
    Capitol Heights:

    $173,461
    Des Moines:

    $201,532

  • Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2022 (1.7% of all units):
    This neighborhood:

    $129,083
    city:

    $241,703

Year house built in Capitol Heights
  • Year house built in Capitol Heights
  • 02020 or later
  • 1342010 to 2019
  • 2512000 to 2009
  • 211990 to 1999
  • 2371980 to 1989
  • 2611970 to 1979
  • 1941960 to 1969
  • 871950 to 1959
  • 471940 to 1949
  • 111939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City:

422.4
U.S. average:

219.5

  • Travel time to work (commute)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 78Less than 5 minutes
  • 985 to 9 minutes
  • 27210 to 14 minutes
  • 23915 to 19 minutes
  • 30120 to 24 minutes
  • 10725 to 29 minutes
  • 5630 to 34 minutes
  • 3235 to 39 minutes
  • 2740 to 44 minutes
  • 345 to 59 minutes
  • 2060 to 89 minutes
  • 1090 or more minutes

  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 73.3%776Drove a car alone
  • 16.0%169Carpooled
  • 2.0%21Bus
  • 7.2%76Taxi
  • 2.3%24Bicycle
  • 1.3%14Walked
  • 2.2%23Other means
  • 6.4%68Worked at home

  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 412:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 655:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 1015:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 1516:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 1566:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 457:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 1117:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 658:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 188:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 399:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 3910:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 3211:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 18112:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 1324:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    2.2%
    city:

    9.3%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    1.6%
    city:

    6.0%

  • Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
    Here:

    1.8%
    city:

    2.3%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    4.7%
    city:

    2.1%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    20.0%
    city:

    13.1%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    9.9%
    city:

    15.2%

  • Percentage of males in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations:
    Here:

    3.6%
    city:

    0.3%

  • Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    15.9%
    city:

    10.0%

  • Percentage of males in production occupations:
    Here:

    20.5%
    city:

    9.9%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    1.4%
    city:

    6.3%

  • Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    13.2%
    city:

    7.2%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    4.4%
    city:

    8.5%

  • Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
    Here:

    2.2%
    city:

    0.6%

  • Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    1.5%
    city:

    0.7%

  • Percentage of females in legal occupations:
    Here:

    1.9%
    city:

    1.3%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    9.0%
    city:

    7.0%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    2.4%
    city:

    7.6%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    26.7%
    city:

    23.4%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    22.5%
    city:

    27.7%

  • Percentage of females in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    2.4%
    city:

    0.5%

  • Percentage of females in production occupations:
    Here:

    22.6%
    city:

    5.0%

  • Percentage of females in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    3.7%
    city:

    2.1%


Percentage of people 16-64 in Armed Forces:
Capitol Heights:

1.3%
Des Moines:

0.1%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Capitol Heights:

    31.7%
    Des Moines:

    17.5%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Capitol Heights:

    1.2%
    Des Moines:

    3.7%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Capitol Heights:

    1.3%
    Des Moines:

    1.6%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Capitol Heights:

    23.0%
    Des Moines:

    6.9%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Capitol Heights:

37.2%
Des Moines:

14.7%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Capitol Heights:

2012
Des Moines:

2011

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Capitol Heights:

2016
Des Moines:

2020

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Capitol Heights:

76.4%
Des Moines:

73.4%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 53.6%Utility gas
  • 33.4%Electricity
  • 10.3%Other fuel
  • 1.2%No fuel used
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Wood

Highways in this neighborhood:

Hubbell Ave (NE Hubbell Ave, US Hwy 6)

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 4302 to 4304

Roads and streets:

NE 39th Ave

Length: 0.77 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 4400 to 4969

NE Aurora Ave (NE 42nd Ave)

Length: 0.71 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 4300 to 4798

NE 40th Ave

Length: 0.68 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 4400 to 4999

NE 44th Dr

Length: 0.56 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 3816 to 4199

NE 43rd Street Ct (NE 43rd Ct, NE 43rd St)

Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 3800 to 4251

E Douglas Ave (NE 38th Ave)

Length: 0.52 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 4232 to 4399

NE 48th St

Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3812 to 4199

NE 46th St

Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3812 to 4199

NE 41st Ave

Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 4490 to 4799

NE 45th Dr

Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 3900 to 4199

NE 47th St

Length: 0.31 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3900 to 4099

NE 49th St

Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3900 to 3999
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