Des Moines, WA Community Information

Total Population: 33,736
Total Male Population: 16,753
Total Female Population: 16,983
Population change since 1990: 12
Population change since 2000: NA
Median age: 37.58
Percent of households with children: 34.55%
Local sales tax: 9%
Personal crime risk: 141
Recycling likelihood index: 89

Median travel time to work: 22.7
Transportation to work:

Less than 9th Grade: 3.26%
Some high school: 8.00%
High school graduate: 26.76%
Some college: 25.20%
Associate degree: 9.28%
Bachelor's degree: 18.52%
Graduate Degree: 8.99%

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 0.65%
Mining: 0.00%
Contstruction: 3.18%
Manufacturing: 4.74%
Transportation and communications: 6.03%
Wholesale trade: 5.38%
Retail trade: 19.77%
Finance, insurance and real estate: 4.86%
Sevices: 52.35%
Public administration: 2.24%
Unclassified: 0.81%

Average household income: $62,987
Income change since 1990: 70
Income change since 2000: 20

Avg. January high/low temp: 47 / 35
Avg. July high/low temp: 77 / 55
Annual precipitation: 40
Air pollution index: 111