Historic East Village, Des Moines
Historic East Village is one of the 46 neighborhoods the City of Des Moines recognizes (city neighborhood list). The city's list gives its recognition date as May 24, 1993.
Boundaries
| North | Interstate-235 |
|---|---|
| South | Des Moines River |
| East | East 14th Street |
| West | Des Moines River |
The website the city lists for the Historic East Village association: eastvillagedesmoines.com (checked November 5, 2026).
Residential parcels and assessed values
The Polk County Auditor's parcel data puts 503 residential parcels inside Historic East Village's boundary, 99 of them condominium units: tied for the 11th lowest count of the 46 neighborhoods. 365 of them have a dwelling value. Their median assessed value is $162,000, and the middle half are assessed between $98,000 and $192,280. Not counted: 83 parking, garage or storage units in condominiums.
That median is the 13th lowest of the 46 neighborhoods' medians. The middle of those 46 medians is $201,725, and Historic East Village's is $39,725 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 Historic East Village 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 Historic East Village's median, $162,000, the yearly tax works out to about $2,943.82: $162,000 × 44.5345% rollback = $72,145 taxable, ÷ 1,000 × $43.74496 = $3,155.98, 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 Historic East Village: the one block group mostly inside it covers 52.3% of its area and holds 74.5% of its 1,346 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 ten parks mostly inside Historic East Village's boundary, and one more partly inside or along it (which parks are listed).
Mostly inside: Cohen Park, Fallen Officer's Memorial, Iowa State Capitol Ground - West Capitol Terrace, Iowa State Capitol Grounds, Jim Muto Recreation Area, John Pat Dorrian Trail (linear park), Pete Crivaro Park, Two Rivers Park, Whitmer Park, Principal Riverwalk.
Partly inside or along the boundary: Martin Luther King Jr Trail (linear park).
All 46 recognized neighborhoods → · ← Highland Park/Oak Park · Indianola Hills →
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.
The city's boundaries are used only to count what falls inside them; this site does not reproduce the city's maps. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Public records, shown as published for the dates named. Not an appraisal, not real-estate or tax advice. Check a specific address's school and tax district with the district and the county.