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." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

For most residents of Ankeny, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 96.7% of people in Ankeny drive alone to work on most days, making Ankeny a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Ankeny's landscape.

As is often the case in a small city, Ankeny doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ankeny Information and Demographics

The citizens of Ankeny are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.