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Ankeny, IA

74,455 Population
31.7 square miles 2,349.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$49,408 ±$4,568 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $44,976 ±$1,433
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
$105,862 ±$10,751 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $82,728 ±$1,845
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135

4.1% ±1.1% (2,880  ±753) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 63,021 (±0.4% / ±2,903)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

20.8 minutes ±0.9 (681,215  ±40,442) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,701,490 (±0.2 / ±100,463)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

30,257 ±1,746 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 299,784 ±3,294
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
2.4 ±0.1 (73,651  ±44) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 724,559 (±0 / ±178)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409

5.1% ±2.8% (943  ±536) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.4% † 9,550 (±0.9% / ±1,609)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)

Housing

31,861 ±1,852 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 320,757 ±131
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169

$334,500 ±$16,274 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $276,600 ±$5,727
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351

17.9% ±5% (13,158  ±3,700.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.9% 101,029 (±1.3% / ±9,346.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)

Social

97.2% ±5.1% (47,119  ±3,875.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 92.4% 457,538 (±2.1% / ±10,383.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
51.9% ±4.6% (25,161  ±2,757.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.8% 197,056 (±1.4% / ±6,715.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±3.1% (3,192  ±2,272) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 65,858
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605

6.1% ±1.9% (3,363  ±1,052) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6% † 33,230 (±0.6% / ±3,396)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
3,363 Total veterans ±1,052 2,792 Male ±937 571 Female ±596

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