City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 1.6 times smaller than Detroit.

Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, while Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, making Des Moines 63.55% the size of Detroit.

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Des Moines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.