Ankeny vs Urbandale

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

Ankeny and Urbandale 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 46,026 in Urbandale). Urbandale has the higher median household income ($113,086 vs $106,603 in Ankeny). Urbandale has the higher median home value ($318,800 vs $311,300 in Ankeny).

Population, income & housing

	Ankeny	Urbandale
Population	70,542	46,026
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,603	$113,086
Median home value	$311,300	$318,800
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,176
Housing units	28,619	17,907
Homeownership rate	71.0%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ankeny	Urbandale
Population	61,938 → 70,542 (+13.9%)	43,441 → 46,026 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$86,486 → $106,603 (+23.3%)	$90,858 → $113,086 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$220,100 → $311,300 (+41.4%)	$237,500 → $318,800 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,279 (+19.2%)	$935 → $1,176 (+25.8%)

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

Urbandale

Population

43,44146,026

Median household income

$90,858$113,086

Median home value

$237,500$318,800

Median gross rent

$935$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ankeny	Urbandale
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.1%
75 and over	4.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ankeny	Urbandale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	79.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ankeny	Urbandale
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	15.9%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ankeny	Urbandale
Drove alone	75.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	15.9%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ankeny	Urbandale
1-unit, detached	58.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	10.4%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Ankeny	Urbandale
Poverty rate	4.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	2005	1992