Ankeny, IA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ankeny, IA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 49,581. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ANKENY-IA · Ankeny, IA 2 ZIPs · 49,581 pop · #3233/25278 · Polk County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $108,699
- RANK-TOP #3233/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Johnston
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-SMALL 49,581
- SPREAD-TIGHT 50021→50023
- HOME-MID $331,150
Nearest income peer: Johnston, IA ( $2,148 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Ankeny
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ankeny on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Des Moines · lowest
Des Moines · lowest
$67,584 median HH income
- Madrid · near
Madrid · near
$98,054 median HH income
- Pleasant Hill · near
Pleasant Hill · near
$98,333 median HH income
- Johnston · near
Johnston · near
$106,551 median HH income
- Ankeny · this city
Ankeny · this city
$108,699 median HH income
- Grimes · near
Grimes · near
$120,769 median HH income
- Polk City · highest
Polk City · highest
$153,011 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ankeny, IA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 13%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 49,581
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $108,699
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $108,699 and home value $331,150 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 51.3%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ankeny as a pure owner town.
Within Iowa, Archer is the closest lower-income city and Holland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ankeny.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Ankeny differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Ankeny: $99,572 in ZIP 50021 to $117,826 in 50023. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 0.2 points
50021 to 50023
50021 to 50023
50021 to 50023
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 50023 skews compact Ankeny
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 50023 covers about 56% of Ankeny's 49,581 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Ankeny
Citywide ZBP: 1,699 establishments, 32,411 employees , annual payroll $1,775,542k (~34 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50023 (922 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (205) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Ankeny, IA
These ZIP codes sit in Polk County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Ankeny. See the Polk County roll-up →
Ankeny lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Polk County: Clive, Grimes and Bondurant earn more and Des Moines, West Des Moines and Urbandale earn less. Polk City marks the far end of that range at $153,011, 41% above Ankeny.
Side-by-side: Compare 50023 vs 50021 →
Ankeny roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ankeny, .