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Des Moines, IA

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🏨 assets

This place has 276 estimated quality tourism assets.

🗽 Attractions: 30

🏞️ Outdoors (23)

🧠 Education (5)

🌾 Agriculture (1)

🎨 Arts (1)

🍜 Food: 165

🌯 Southwestern (59)

☕ Beverages (37)

🍔 American (35)

🍗 Southern (23)

🍰 Desserts (23)

🍣 Asian (13)

🍕 European (11)

🐟 Seafood (1)

🛎️ Accommodations: 33

🛋️ Hotel (24)

🏕️ Campground (4)

🏖️ Resort (1)

🥐 Bed & Breakfast (1)

🛍️ Shopping: 48

🕯️ Specialty Store (21)

🏬 Mall & Plaza (19)

👖 Thrifts & Antiques (12)

🧺 Local Market (8)

🎁 Gift Shop (3)

📈 annual visitors

Estimated Overnight Visitors: 796,328

Estimated Day Visitors: 748,535

Estimated Economic Impact: $1.31 billion

👥 demographics

Total Area Size: 125 mi²

Total Population: 234,129

Population Density: 1,877 per mi²

Economic Impact per Resident: $5,595

Tourism Productivity: $10,506,893 per mi²

Generational Populations

Gen Alpha: 37,566 (16%)

Gen Z: 48,000 (20%)

Millenials: 54,222 (23%)

Gen X: 40,651 (17%)

Baby Boomers: 43,676 (18%)

Silent Gen: 10,014 (6%)

🛬 airports

✈️ DSMDes Moines International Airport (In-Town)

✈️ OMAEppley Airfield (114 miles away)

🛩️ FODFort Dodge Regional Airport (64 miles away)

🛩️ ALOWaterloo Regional Airport (83 miles away)

🛩️ CIDThe Eastern Iowa Airport (93 miles away)

🛩️ MCWMason City Municipal Airport (102 miles away)

🛩️ IRKKirksville Regional Airport (110 miles away)

📍 map


Place ID: 1318
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