Ankeny is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 76,727 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Ankeny is the seventh largest community in Iowa. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ankeny, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ankeny, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ankeny’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ankeny does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $108,198.00.

Ankeny real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Ankeny house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.05% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Ankeny, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Ankeny is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.08% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Ankeny in 2022 was $50,306, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $201,224 for a family of four.

Ankeny is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ankeny home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ankeny residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ankeny include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Ankeny is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.