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The median home value in West Des Moines, IA is $325,031 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$325,031
Year-over-Year
+0.62%
Population
73,335
West Des Moines ranks #15 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 50.3% above the state's city median of $216,316. It sits in Polk County, where the county-wide median is $283,019.
Median household income in West Des Moines is $86,594, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
West Des Moines police recorded a violent crime rate of 165 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,714 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In West Des Moines, that value is $325,031. That's up 0.62% from a year earlier. It is about 50.3% above the typical Iowa city tracked here.
Homes in West Des Moines are more expensive than Polk County as a whole, where the median is $283,019 — a difference of about 14.8%.
Median household income here is $86,594, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
West Des Moines police reported 165 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 73,335. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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