Where are the jobs?
Where are the jobs?
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Des Moines
Where are the jobs?
This map shows the approximate location of jobs paying between $15,000 and $40,000 annually.
Information summary
Each bar shows the percentage of households with annual income in a certain range.
Percentage of renters
40%
Percentage of owners
60%
Median 2 bedroom rent
$855
Median home value
$133,200
Affordability
Who is struggling to pay for housing?
*among households earning under $50,000/year.
In Des Moines, 40,325 households have annual income under $50,000. Among these households, 30% of households are cost burdened and 31% are severely cost burdened.
Cost burden refers to a household paying more than 30% of income on housing.
Severe cost burden refers to a household paying more than 50% of income on housing.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition releases an annual estimate of the hourly wage a person would need to earn to afford a typical two bedroom apartment. Here's local data:
Zip Code | Housing Wage |
|---|---|
50320 | $16.92 |
50321 | $16.54 |
50309 | $16.15 |
50310 | $17.88 |
50311 | $15.58 |
50312 | $15.58 |
50313 | $17.50 |
50314 | $15.58 |
50315 | $16.35 |
50316 | $16.15 |
50317 | $17.12 |
About the data
Most community data is drawn from the 2014-2019 American Communities Survey with analysis by the Polk County Housing Trust Fund. Job map data is from the US Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies, LEHD via On the Map. Zip code housing incomes are drawn from the National Low Income Housing Coalition report Out of Reach.
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