Des Moines, IA — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 50265, near Des Moines, homes carry a median value of $281,800, and the county-level effective property tax rate of 1.68% works out to roughly $4,700 a year in property taxes. Households here earn a median of $85,915, with per-capita income at $56,470, so that tax bill equals about 5.5% of median household earnings. Combined with a 7.00% sales tax rate, ownership costs add up, though the income base provides real capacity to absorb them.
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