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Ankeny, IA

76,724 Population
31.9 square miles 2,404.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,470 ±$4,097 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $46,079 ±$1,174
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$102,518 ±$10,885 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $85,446 ±$2,705
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

3.5% ±1.7% (2,613  ±1,285) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.7% † 64,377 (±0.9% / ±6,698)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.1 minutes ±0.7 (679,215  ±38,061) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 21 6,727,745 (±0.3 / ±105,462)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

28,926 ±1,855 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 307,502 ±3,431
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (75,800  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 740,702 (±0 / ±185)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±4.1% (1,054  ±784) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.9% † 10,888 (±1.2% / ±2,114)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,328 ±2,268 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 325,348 ±106
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$343,700 ±$14,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $288,400 ±$5,998
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±3.6% (8,570  ±2,715.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 12.3% 91,695 (±1.1% / ±8,414.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97.8% ±4% (45,677  ±2,060.8) High school grad or higher * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.4% 457,660 (±1% / ±5,068.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52.1% ±3.1% (24,328  ±1,512.1) Bachelor's degree or higher * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.7% 194,551 (±0.6% / ±3,113.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.4% ±1.9% (4,135  ±1,456) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 66,780
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±1.7% (2,712  ±930) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 29,646 (±0.5% / ±2,779)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,712 Total veterans ±930 2,592 Male ±935 120 Female ±134

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