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Census Tract 102.16, Polk, IA

18,544 Population
8.2 square miles 2,274.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ankeny: 33.6 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 36.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$54,346 ±$6,947 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ankeny: $50,306 ±$2,311
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $45,622 ±$752
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$113,988 ±$10,827 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ankeny: $108,198 ±$7,800
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Polk County: $83,576 ±$1,283
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

3.1% ±2.7% (579  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ankeny: 4.2% † 2,992 (±1.1% / ±754)
  • about one-third of the rate in Polk County: 10.3% 50,969 (±0.6% / ±3,035)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

21.9 minutes ±4 (189,140  ±21,952) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ankeny: 21.1 679,215 (±0.7 / ±38,061)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 20 4,465,015 (±0.3 / ±87,777)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

7,608 ±603 Number of households
  • Ankeny: 28,361 ±734
  • Polk County: 205,358 ±1,156
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.1 (18,510  ±1,610) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ankeny: 2.5 71,839 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 2.4 494,416 (±0 / ±148)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

5.3% ±3.4% (282  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ankeny: 4.6% † 897 (±1.5% / ±287)
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 5.5% 6,789 (±0.5% / ±668)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

7,818 ±560 Number of housing units
  • Ankeny: 29,781 ±804
  • Polk County: 218,486 ±136
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$384,700 ±$39,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ankeny: $331,000 ±$9,894
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Polk County: $262,100 ±$3,486
  • nearly double the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

21.4% ±6.9% (3,932  ±1,320.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ankeny: 15.5% † 11,101 (±2.4% / ±1,719.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 14.3% 70,988 (±0.7% / ±3,455.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

99% ±9% (11,829  ±1,408) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ankeny: 97.8% 45,677 (±4% / ±2,060.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 92.5% 311,012 (±1.3% / ±4,464.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
62.2% ±8.1% (7,432  ±1,118.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ankeny: 52.1% 24,328 (±3.1% / ±1,512.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 40.3% 135,414 (±0.8% / ±2,806.8)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

5.2% ±2.8% (962  ±532) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ankeny: 4.8% † 3,447 (±1.3% / ±907)
  • about half the rate in Polk County: 10.1% 50,787
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

4.4% ±2.5% (583  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ankeny: 5.4% † 2,804 (±0.9% / ±456)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Polk County: 5.6% 21,413 (±0.3% / ±1,139)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
583 Total veterans ±335 526 Male ±329 57 Female ±58

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