Demographics of Ankeny city, Iowa

Ankeny city, Iowa had 77,833 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +9,174 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Ankeny city, in four figures

77,833
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 72,615 ±64.; +13.4%
Change since July 2020: +9,174 people.; 33.6 ±0.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $108,198 ±$7,800
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Ankeny city, Iowa's population grew 13.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Ankeny city, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Ankeny city, Iowa's population grew 13.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Ankeny city, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	68,659	100.0	100.0
2021	70,931	103.3	100.2
2022	73,183	106.6	100.7
2023	75,379	109.8	101.6
2024	76,455	111.4	102.5
2025	77,833	113.4	103.1

Population of Ankeny city, Iowa on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	68,659	—
2021	70,931	+2,272
2022	73,183	+2,252
2023	75,379	+2,196
2024	76,455	+1,076
2025	77,833	+1,378

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 33.6 ±0.9: for men 32.8 ±1.7 and for women 34.3 ±1.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Ankeny city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Under 5	5,570 ±683	7.7% ±0.9	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	14,249 ±1,094	19.6% ±1.5	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	6,084 ±804	8.4% ±1.1	10.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	23,444 ±1,392	32.3% ±1.9	25.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	14,802 ±1,026	20.4% ±1.4	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	8,466 ±706	11.7% ±1.0	18.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $108,198 ±$7,800, and income per person $50,306 ±$2,311, in 2024 dollars. The median is $75,059 ±$418 in Iowa and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Ankeny city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Iowa	United States
Under $25,000	1,787 ±349	6.3% ±1.2	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,281 ±531	11.6% ±1.8	18.5% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,324 ±723	15.2% ±2.5	17.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,738 ±574	13.2% ±2.0	14.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	6,182 ±770	21.8% ±2.7	18.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	4,999 ±684	17.6% ±2.4	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4,050 ±480	14.3% ±1.7	8.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Ankeny city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Iowa	United States
All ages	2,992 ±754	4.2% ±1.1	11.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	296 to 1,034	1.5% to 5.2%	12.9% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,888 ±460	4.6% ±1.1	11.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	439 ±166	4.1% ±1.5	8.8% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Ankeny city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Ankeny city	Iowa	United States
Housing units	29,781 ±804	1,437,699 ±523	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.2% ±3.6	91.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.8% ±1.3	8.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	71.3% ±2.7	71.7% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	28.7% ±2.6	28.3% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$331,000 ±$9,894	$208,000 ±$1,141	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,319 ±$72	$972 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2006 ±1	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Ankeny city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,673 ±1,014	5.1% ±1.4	7.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	62,213 ±1,566	85.7% ±2.2	82.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,807 ±695	2.5% ±1.0	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2,538 ±717	3.5% ±1.0	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 12	0% to < 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to < 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 287	0% to 0.4%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,269 ±701	3.1% ±1.0	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Ankeny city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Born in the state	50,665 ±1,688	69.8% ±2.3	69.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	17,591 ±1,566	24.2% ±2.2	23.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	912 ±388	1.3% ±0.5	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	3,447 ±907	4.7% ±1.2	5.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,644 ±403	2.3% ±0.6	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,803 ±834	2.5% ±1.1	3.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Ankeny city among the places of Iowa

6th of 86 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Places of Iowa near Ankeny city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Des Moines city	212,421 ±197
Cedar Rapids city	137,264 ±52
Davenport city	100,913 ±50
Sioux City city	86,101 ±29
Iowa City city	75,752 ±43
Ankeny city	72,615 ±64
West Des Moines city	71,083 ±123
Ames city	67,669 ±39
Waterloo city	67,008 ±37
Council Bluffs city	62,586 ±40
Dubuque city	59,174 ±59

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Ankeny city, Iowa

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Iowa by median rent
No. 4 Places in Iowa by median home value
No. 4 Places in Iowa by median household income
No. 4 Places in Iowa by per capita income
No. 9 Places in Iowa by homeownership rate
No. 23 Places in Iowa by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026