Ankeny vs Johnston

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

Ankeny and Johnston 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 24,196 in Johnston). Ankeny has the higher median household income ($106,603 vs $103,430 in Johnston). Johnston has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $311,300 in Ankeny).

Population, income & housing

	Ankeny	Johnston
Population	70,542	24,196
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,603	$103,430
Median home value	$311,300	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,288
Housing units	28,619	9,868
Homeownership rate	71.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ankeny	Johnston
Population	61,938 → 70,542 (+13.9%)	21,406 → 24,196 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$86,486 → $106,603 (+23.3%)	$96,948 → $103,430 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$220,100 → $311,300 (+41.4%)	$268,300 → $346,200 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,279 (+19.2%)	$1,146 → $1,288 (+12.4%)

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

Johnston

Population

21,40624,196

Median household income

$96,948$103,430

Median home value

$268,300$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ankeny	Johnston
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.7%
75 and over	4.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ankeny	Johnston
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	79.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ankeny	Johnston
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	15.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ankeny	Johnston
Drove alone	75.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	14.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ankeny	Johnston
1-unit, detached	58.2%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	10.4%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ankeny	Johnston
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	2005	2004