Van Meter vs Waukee

A side-by-side comparison of Van Meter and Waukee: population, income, housing, and more.

Van Meter and Waukee are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waukee has the higher population (26,974 vs 1,469 in Van Meter). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $106,728 in Waukee). Waukee has the higher median home value ($328,200 vs $250,300 in Van Meter).

Population, income & housing

	Van Meter	Waukee
Population	1,469	26,974
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$133,750	$106,728
Median home value	$250,300	$328,200
Median gross rent	$947	$1,290
Housing units	469	11,023
Homeownership rate	92.0%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van Meter	Waukee
Population	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)	20,785 → 26,974 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)	$94,580 → $106,728 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)	$238,900 → $328,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)	$1,130 → $1,290 (+14.2%)

Van Meter

Population

1,2391,469

Median household income

$94,375$133,750

Median home value

$169,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$778$947

Waukee

Population

20,78526,974

Median household income

$94,580$106,728

Median home value

$238,900$328,200

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Van Meter	Waukee
Under 5	7.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	18.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.8%
75 and over	3.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van Meter	Waukee
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	77.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Van Meter	Waukee
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van Meter	Waukee
Drove alone	80.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van Meter	Waukee
1-unit, detached	88.3%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Van Meter	Waukee
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1978	2009