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Des Moines city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Des Moines city is a Census city of 32,823 people across 6.41 square miles of land, in King County. Median household income is $92,483, 60.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 33 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30.2 m.
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Des Moines
What Des Moines is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.41 sq mi
- Water area0.99 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,118
- County holding the largest share of its areaKing County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Moines
How many people live in Des Moines
- Population32,823
- Median age38.0
- Population under 187,302
- Share under 1822.2 percent
- Population 65 and over5,709
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent
- Households11,925
- Family households7,249
- Share of households that are families60.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Moines
Income and work in Des Moines
- Median household income$92,483
- Per capita income$43,717
- Civilian labor force16,619
- Employed15,377
- Unemployed1,242 plus or minus 366
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over23,174
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Moines
Housing in Des Moines
- Housing units12,528
- Occupied units11,925
- Vacant units603 plus or minus 212
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied7,232
- Renter occupied4,693
- Ownership rate60.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$597,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,799
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent
- Single family units7,315
- Share single family58.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,941
- Share in buildings of two or more39.4 percent
- Mobile homes272 plus or minus 116
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Moines
How Des Moines gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,777
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,799 plus or minus 373
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,221
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.7 percent
- Drove alone68.3 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport4.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home14.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Des Moines
SBA loans in Des Moines (7(a))
- Approvals33
- Gross approval$30,181,800
- Average approval$914,600
- Median approval$393,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,680,700
- Largest approval$4,550,000
- Jobs supported449
- Jobs per approval13.6
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.4 percent
- Share to franchises3.0 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS29
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Des Moines
SBA loans in Des Moines (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,028,000
- Average approval$507,000
- Median approval$552,000
- Largest approval$612,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
King County, not Des Moines
King County context, not Des Moines figures
These are King County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Des Moines measurements.
- Establishments in King County70,376
- Employment at those establishments, King County1,305,947
- Covered employment, King County1,449,785
- Average annual pay, King County$132,279
- Average weekly wage, King County$2,544
- Housing units permitted, King County10,564
- Of those, single family, King County2,352
- County product, 2024, King County$477,154,354,000
- County product change over the prior year, King County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, King County$117,917
Every figure in this section is published for King County as a whole and is not a measurement of Des Moines. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Des Moines questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Des Moines, Washington?
32,823, in 11,925 households. Des Moines city covers 6.41 square miles of land, which is 5,118 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Des Moines in?
King County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Des Moines?
$92,483. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $597,000. Median gross rent is $1,799 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Des Moines businesses?
33 7(a) approvals totalling $30.2 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $393,200, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Des Moines, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Des Moines borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Des Moines. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Des Moines figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for King County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Des Moines.
Is zoning published for Des Moines?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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