Ankeny is a medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 26,923 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Ankeny is the 16th largest community in Iowa.

Ankeny is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.22% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ankeny is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ankeny who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.42%), sales jobs (13.99%), and management occupations (10.98%).

Also of interest is that Ankeny has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Ankeny is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Ankeny is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.7% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Ankeny.

Being a small city, Ankeny does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Ankeny Information and Demographics

The population of Ankeny is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.14% of adults in Ankeny have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ankeny in 2000 was $25,143, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,572 for a family of four.

The people who call Ankeny home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ankeny is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ankeny include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Ankeny is English.