Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinics in Des Moines, IA

Des Moines community health snapshot

1 urgent care location for 212,421 residents of Des Moines — about 0.0 per 10,000 people.

• 212,421Residents
• 7.2%Without health insuranceabove Iowa's 5.0%
• $65,932Median household incomebelow Iowa's $75,059
• 23.2%Under 18about the same as Iowa (22.9%)
• 12.7%65 and olderbelow Iowa's 18.1%
• 15.0%Below the poverty lineabove Iowa's 11.1%

Families, coverage and getting to care in Des Moines

• 6.5%Children under 5above Iowa's 5.9%
• 29.2%Households with childrenabove Iowa's 28.5%
• 42.4%Covered by public insuranceabove Iowa's 36.8%
• 60.9%Covered by private insurancebelow Iowa's 72.4%
• 14.3%Living with a disabilityabove Iowa's 12.6%
• 21.9%Age 5+ speaking a language other than English at homeabove Iowa's 9.1%
• 9.0%Households without a vehicleabove Iowa's 5.4%
• 19.5 minAverage commute to workIowa average 19.8 min
• 5.0%Veterans (adults)below Iowa's 6.5%

• 42.4% of residents have public coverage such as Medicaid or Medicare — confirm a clinic accepts your specific plan before you go.
• Young children make up 6.5% of the population — see which clinics offer pediatric urgent care.

Sources: Population, age, household, income, insurance, disability, language, vehicle, commuting, veteran, and poverty figures — U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Data Profiles DP02, DP03, DP04 and DP05, for Des Moines city, Iowa in Polk County; Iowa comparison figures from the same tables at the state level. Estimates carry margins of error. Clinic count — federal NPPES provider registry listings in this directory. census.gov/acs · data.census.gov · NPPES registry