ZIP Code 50047

Des Moines, IA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.

Median household income
$106,389
Per-capita income
$39,499
Median home value
$269,600
Property tax rate
1.43%
Combined sales tax
7.00%

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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