Ankeny vs Clive

A side-by-side comparison of Ankeny and Clive: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ankeny has the higher population (70,542 vs 18,776 in Clive). Clive has the higher median household income ($131,082 vs $106,603 in Ankeny). Clive has the higher median home value ($379,000 vs $311,300 in Ankeny).

Population, income & housing

	Ankeny	Clive
Population	70,542	18,776
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,603	$131,082
Median home value	$311,300	$379,000
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,099
Housing units	28,619	7,455
Homeownership rate	71.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ankeny	Clive
Population	61,938 → 70,542 (+13.9%)	17,167 → 18,776 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$86,486 → $106,603 (+23.3%)	$104,839 → $131,082 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$220,100 → $311,300 (+41.4%)	$264,300 → $379,000 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,279 (+19.2%)	$984 → $1,099 (+11.7%)

Ankeny

Population

61,93870,542

Median household income

$86,486$106,603

Median home value

$220,100$311,300

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,279

Clive

Population

17,16718,776

Median household income

$104,839$131,082

Median home value

$264,300$379,000

Median gross rent

$984$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ankeny	Clive
Under 5	7.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.9%
75 and over	4.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ankeny	Clive
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ankeny	Clive
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	15.9%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ankeny	Clive
Drove alone	75.3%	62.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	26.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ankeny	Clive
1-unit, detached	58.2%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	14.7%
20 or more units	10.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ankeny	Clive
Poverty rate	4.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	2005	1995