Des Moines vs Council Bluffs
Des Moines, IA compared with Council Bluffs, IA · 119 miles apart
Des Moines has 212,086 residents to Council Bluffs’s 62,680. Des Moines comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Council Bluffs does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.
| Des Moines, IA | Council Bluffs, IA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 212,086 | 62,680 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,406 | 1,459 |
| Median household income | $65,932 | $64,578 |
| Median home value | $194,700 | $171,800 |
| Median rent | $1,090 | $1,030 |
| Homeownership | 60.5% | 63.1% |
| Average commute | 19.5 min | 17.9 min |
| Median age | 34.6 | 38.7 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 29.7% | 21.5% |
| Poverty rate | 15% | 15.1% |
| Unemployment | 5.6% | 4.2% |
| Price to income | 3× | 2.7× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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