Cheatom Park, Des Moines
Cheatom Park is one of the 46 neighborhoods the City of Des Moines recognizes (city neighborhood list). The city's list gives its recognition date as November 8, 1993, a date 15 other neighborhoods share.
Boundaries
| North | University Avenue |
|---|---|
| South | Interstate-235 |
| East | 2nd Avenue |
| West | Keosauqua Way and 15th Street |
The website the city lists for the Cheatom Park association: cheatompark.org (checked November 5, 2026).
Residential parcels and assessed values
The Polk County Auditor's parcel data puts 299 residential parcels inside Cheatom Park's boundary, 20 of them condominium units: the 6th lowest count of the 46 neighborhoods. 259 of them have a dwelling value. Their median assessed value is $97,500, and the middle half are assessed between $81,600 and $128,350.
That median is the 2nd lowest of the 46 neighborhoods' medians. The middle of those 46 medians is $201,725, and Cheatom Park's is $104,225 below it.
Assessed for property tax as of January 1, 2025; not sale prices. What is counted.
School and taxing district
Every residential parcel in Cheatom Park is in the Des Moines Independent Community School District and in one taxing district, Des Moines city, Des Moines Independent schools, at a consolidated rate of $43.74496 per $1,000 of taxable value for the bills paid in September 2026 and March 2027 (Polk County Auditor's rate table). 34 other neighborhoods are wholly in the same two.
Finding the school for an address.
On a home assessed at Cheatom Park's median, $97,500, the yearly tax works out to about $1,687.29: $97,500 × 44.5345% rollback = $43,421 taxable, ÷ 1,000 × $43.74496 = $1,899.45, less the $212.16 homestead credit (who gets it).
Estimate the tax on another value → · Every Des Moines taxing district →
Census figures
No Census figures are quoted for Cheatom Park: the one block group mostly inside it covers 51.5% of its area and holds 32.5% of its 806 housing units in the 2020 Census, short of the 80% this site needs for both. How block groups are matched.
Parks
The city's parks layer has two parks mostly inside Cheatom Park's boundary (which parks are listed).
Mostly inside: Cheatom Park, Nash Park.
All 46 recognized neighborhoods → · ← Capitol Park · Douglas Acres →
Renting in Des Moines → Zillow's typical rent and the Census Bureau's renter figures for the city.
Sources
- City of Des Moines, Neighborhoods (recognized neighborhood boundaries, boundary streets, recognition dates and websites), Des Moines Area Regional GIS Partnership. Retrieved November 5, 2026. © City of Des Moines, Iowa. All rights reserved. Facts stated with credit; the boundary maps are not reproduced.
- Polk County Auditor, Polk County Cadastral Parcels REST service: parcel boundaries, condominium unit points and the Value table (tax year 2025). Retrieved November 5, 2026. Polk County compiled this information for government purposes only and makes no warranty; it is not responsible for non-governmental use.
- Polk County Auditor, Consolidated Tax Levy Rates For Polk County, Iowa: For 2025 Assessed Valuations, Taxes Payable September 2026 and March 2027 (City Non-Agricultural section). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Legislature, Iowa Code 2026, section 425.2 (qualifying for the homestead credit: claim filed by July 1 of the year claimed; a buyer refiles). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Department of Revenue, Homestead Tax Credit and Exemption. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb, 2020 Census blocks with housing-unit counts (HU100). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb, ACS 2024 block group boundaries. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- City of Des Moines, Parks, Des Moines Area Regional GIS Partnership. Retrieved November 5, 2026. © City of Des Moines, Iowa. All rights reserved.
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