Metro area · CBSA 19780
Des Moines
The Des Moines, IA metro area has 731,120 people. Median rent is $1,150, 16.1% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Polk County at $1,360. Of the 49 places we track here, Polk City has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$85,890
Median home value
$267,400
Unemployment
4.0%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,360
HUD, Polk County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines | 212,421 | $1,090 | 19.8% |
| Ankeny | 72,615 | $1,319 | 14.6% |
| West Des Moines | 71,083 | $1,237 | 17.1% |
| Urbandale | 46,595 | $1,211 | 12.9% |
| Waukee | 29,236 | $1,383 | 16.4% |
| Johnston | 24,384 | $1,338 | 15.1% |
| Altoona | 21,495 | $1,235 | 17.2% |
| Clive | 19,012 | $1,073 | 9.7% |
| Grimes | 16,366 | $1,251 | 12.5% |
| Indianola | 16,044 | $986 | 15.7% |
| Newton | 15,700 | $819 | 17.0% |
| Norwalk | 14,183 | $838 | 9.8% |
| Pleasant Hill | 11,136 | $1,215 | 16.1% |
| Bondurant | 8,560 | $1,337 | 11.8% |
| Perry | 7,985 | $931 | 16.2% |
| Adel | 6,430 | $926 | 11.7% |
| Polk City | 6,037 | $782 | 5.7% |
| Winterset | 5,416 | $1,095 | 19.4% |
| Windsor Heights | 5,143 | $1,498 | 19.6% |
| Carlisle | 4,255 | $1,000 | 11.0% |
| Saylorville | 3,366 | $1,642 | 16.7% |
| Mitchellville | 2,579 | $779 | 11.5% |
| Colfax | 2,210 | $789 | 11.9% |
| Dallas Center | 2,161 | $1,120 | 14.0% |
| Monroe | 2,120 | $817 | 12.2% |
| Granger | 1,979 | $843 | 9.0% |
| Prairie City | 1,711 | $800 | 12.3% |
| Guthrie Center | 1,689 | $868 | 14.6% |
| Stuart | 1,655 | $717 | 13.2% |
| Van Meter | 1,628 | $1,063 | 9.4% |
| Panora | 1,579 | $1,040 | 18.8% |
| Earlham | 1,528 | $770 | 8.0% |
| Baxter | 1,247 | $900 | 17.7% |
| De Soto | 1,041 | $1,089 | 13.5% |
| Sully | 1,022 | $856 | 11.4% |
| Lake Panorama | 928 | $845 | 8.0% |
| St. Charles | 914 | $855 | 12.4% |
| Elkhart | 899 | $1,149 | 16.3% |
| Adair | 830 | $893 | 19.6% |
| Redfield | 780 | $832 | 15.1% |
| Hartford | 760 | $1,167 | 20.0% |
| Milo | 731 | $973 | 14.6% |
| Kellogg | 676 | $804 | 26.1% |
| Dexter | 620 | $845 | 11.6% |
| New Virginia | 587 | $971 | 15.1% |
| Martensdale | 569 | $858 | 17.9% |
| Cumming | 545 | $1,163 | 8.6% |
| Lynnville | 527 | $631 | 12.5% |
| Truro | 518 | $888 | 13.5% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.