River Bend, Des Moines
River Bend 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 | Des Moines River |
|---|---|
| South | University Avenue (N Side) |
| East | Des Moines River |
| West | 9th Street (W Side) |
The website the city lists for the River Bend association: riverbendneighborhood.org (checked November 5, 2026).
Residential parcels and assessed values
The Polk County Auditor's parcel data puts 681 residential parcels inside River Bend's boundary: the 15th lowest count of the 46 neighborhoods. 569 of them have a dwelling value. Their median assessed value is $135,600, and the middle half are assessed between $99,500 and $181,000.
That median is the 9th lowest of the 46 neighborhoods' medians. The middle of those 46 medians is $201,725, and River Bend's is $66,125 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 River Bend 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 River Bend's median, $135,600, the yearly tax works out to about $2,429.51: $135,600 × 44.5345% rollback = $60,388 taxable, ÷ 1,000 × $43.74496 = $2,641.67, 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 River Bend: the one block group mostly inside it covers 15.0% of its area and holds 30.3% of its 1,322 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 three parks mostly inside River Bend's boundary, and two more partly inside or along it (which parks are listed).
Mostly inside: Bates Park, Central Place Open Space (open space), Central Place Trail Corridor (linear park).
Partly inside or along the boundary: Brian Melton Field, Prospect Park.
All 46 recognized neighborhoods → · ← Prospect Park · Salisbury Oaks →
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.