Windsor Heights, Iowa - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	4,990
Male Share of the Population	48.3%
Female Share of the Population	51.7%
Senior Citizens	21.6%
Employed Population 16+	2,521
Age of the Population	43

Families

% of people married	56.1%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	34.5%
Median Earnings25+	$44,176
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$23,638
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$38,309

Wealth

Median Family Income	$91,857
% Above Poverty Level	92.1%
% Below Poverty Level	7.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	18 minutes
% Working from Home	0.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.6%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	31.3%
Median Gross Rent	$867
Median House Value	$181,000

Ancestry

German	29.4%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	21.1%
English	13.2%
Irish	12.2%
Norwegian	7.1%
Polish	2.8%
Italian	2.5%
African	2.4%
Danishn	1.4%
Swedish	1.4%
Czech	1.1%
French Except Basque	0.9%
Dutch	0.8%
Scottish	0.8%
Welsh	0.7%
Lithuanian	0.7%
Belgian	0.7%
Swiss	0.6%
Canadian	0.4%
Portuguese	0.3%
Croatian	0.3%
Arab	0.2%
Iraqi	0.2%
Latvian	0.2%
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Windsor Heights Almanac

Category	Value
County	Polk County
Standard Zip Codes	50324
Phone Area Codes	515
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	41.6
Approximate Longitude	-93.71

Windsor Heights Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	DES MOINES AP
Distance	4.9 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 29 F
Apr Temp	40 to 61 F
Jul Temp	66 to 86 F
Oct Temp	42 to 64 F
Annual Precip	34.7 inches

Station	WINTERSET 2 NNW
Distance	23.2 miles
Jan Temp	9 to 29 F
Apr Temp	37 to 61 F
Jul Temp	64 to 84 F
Oct Temp	40 to 64 F
Annual Precip	34.3 inches

Station	KNOXVILLE
Distance	35.7 miles
Jan Temp	11 to 29 F
Apr Temp	38 to 61 F
Jul Temp	65 to 86 F
Oct Temp	42 to 64 F
Annual Precip	35 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Clive	17,195	$119,525
Des Moines	215,932	$62,979
Grimes	11,930	$96,589
Johnston	20,767	$119,643
Urbandale	42,881	$107,659
West Des Moines	64,400	$99,071

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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