Sherman Hill, Des Moines
Sherman Hill 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 | School Street |
|---|---|
| South | Ingersoll |
| East | 15th Street |
| West | Martin Luther King Junior Parkway |
The website the city lists for the Sherman Hill association: shermanhilldsm.org (checked November 5, 2026).
Residential parcels and assessed values
The Polk County Auditor's parcel data puts 278 residential parcels inside Sherman Hill's boundary, 68 of them condominium units: the 4th lowest count of the 46 neighborhoods. 231 of them have a dwelling value. Their median assessed value is $274,900, and the middle half are assessed between $178,550 and $415,950. Not counted: 24 parking, garage or storage units in condominiums.
That median is the 10th highest of the 46 neighborhoods' medians. The middle of those 46 medians is $201,725, and Sherman Hill's is $73,175 above it.
Assessed for property tax as of January 1, 2025; not sale prices. What is counted.
School districts
Every residential parcel in Sherman Hill is in the Des Moines Independent Community School District.
Finding the school for an address.
Property taxes
Every residential parcel in Sherman Hill is in one taxing district, Des Moines city, Des Moines Independent schools, Sherman Hill SSMID, with a consolidated rate of $45.24496 per $1,000 of taxable value for the bills paid in September 2026 and March 2027 (Polk County Auditor's rate table).
That rate includes the Sherman Hill SSMID; the same city and school district without it is $43.74496. An SSMID is a self-supported municipal improvement district (Iowa Code chapter 386).
On a home assessed at Sherman Hill's median, $274,900, the yearly tax works out to about $5,319.68: $274,900 × 44.5345% rollback = $122,425 taxable, ÷ 1,000 × $45.24496 = $5,539.11, less the $219.44 homestead credit (who gets it).
Estimate the tax on another value → · Every Des Moines taxing district →
Census figures
Two Census block groups lie mostly inside Sherman Hill (how they are matched). Together they cover 84.3% of its area and hold 83.8% of its 1,235 housing units in the 2020 Census. Median years built can be quoted only for block group 1 of tract 27, which holds 47.4% of Sherman Hill's 2020 housing units, so those figures describe that part of the neighborhood, not most of it. The table gives the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates for them, with margins of error at 90% confidence: a median year built of 1939 or earlier.
| Block group | Median value owners' own estimate | Median year built |
|---|---|---|
| Block group 1, tract 2747.4% of Sherman Hill's 2020 housing units | — margin of error too wide | 1939 or earlier the survey's earliest range; no margin of error published |
| Block group 4, tract 2736.4% of Sherman Hill's 2020 housing units | — not published | — margin of error too wide |
Owner-occupied homes, pooled over the two block groups: 19.8% of 842 occupied homes (± 6.3 points; pooled with the Census Bureau's formulas).
Parks
The city's parks layer has no park mostly inside Sherman Hill's boundary, but one park partly inside or along it (which parks are listed).
Partly inside or along the boundary: Martin Luther King Jr Trail (linear park).
All 46 recognized neighborhoods → · ← Sheridan Gardens · South Central DSM →
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, chapter 386 (self-supported municipal improvement districts). 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024: tables B25077 (median value), B25035 (median year structure built) and B25003 (tenure), by block group, via the Census Data API. Retrieved November 5, 2026. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey 2024 Subject Definitions (Value; Year Structure Built; Tenure). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data (2020), chapter 8: Calculating Measures of Error for Derived Estimates. 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.