Des Moines, IA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
Households in ZIP code 50047, near Des Moines, earn a median of $106,389, placing the area in solidly middle-to-upper-income territory rather than among the working poor or the wealthy. Per-capita income sits at $39,499, and median home values reach $250,100. Property taxes run at an effective 1.43% of value at the county level, so a home at that median would carry a yearly bill above $3,500. Sales tax adds 7.00% to purchases. Together these figures describe a comfortable commuter-adjacent community where income outpaces the state norm but taxation remains a steady cost of living.
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