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Ankeny city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Ankeny city is a Census city of 72,615 people across 31.91 square miles of land, in Polk County. Median household income is $108,198, 71.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 96 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $36.4 m.
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Ankeny
What Ankeny is
- Census place typecity
- Land area31.91 sq mi
- Water area0.18 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,276
- County holding the largest share of its areaPolk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Ankeny
- Population72,615
- Median age33.6
- Population under 1819,819
- Share under 1827.3 percent
- Population 65 and over8,466
- Share 65 and over11.7 percent
- Households28,361
- Family households18,833
- Share of households that are families66.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Ankeny
- Median household income$108,198
- Per capita income$50,306
- Civilian labor force41,438
- Employed40,634
- Unemployed804 plus or minus 244
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Adults 25 and over46,712
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Ankeny
- Housing units29,781
- Occupied units28,361
- Vacant units1,420 plus or minus 396
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied20,235
- Renter occupied8,126
- Ownership rate71.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$331,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,319
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.6 percent
- Single family units21,926
- Share single family73.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,471
- Share in buildings of two or more25.1 percent
- Mobile homes384 plus or minus 175
- Median year structure built2006
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ankeny gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute32,159
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,304
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,030
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.0 percent
- Drove alone72.1 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home20.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Ankeny (7(a))
- Approvals96
- Gross approval$36,420,700
- Average approval$379,382
- Median approval$148,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$690,000
- Largest approval$4,650,000
- Jobs supported978
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome21
- Paid in full19
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans9.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.1 percent
- Share to franchises22.9 percent
- Distinct lenders33
- Distinct industries by NAICS49
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Ankeny (504)
- Approvals39
- Gross approval$34,138,000
- Average approval$875,333
- Median approval$659,000
- Largest approval$3,788,000
- Jobs supported521
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Polk County, not Ankeny
Polk County context, not Ankeny figures
These are Polk County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ankeny measurements.
- Establishments in Polk County13,890
- Employment at those establishments, Polk County295,413
- Covered employment, Polk County317,845
- Average annual pay, Polk County$72,557
- Average weekly wage, Polk County$1,395
- Housing units permitted, Polk County2,949
- Of those, single family, Polk County2,295
- County product, 2024, Polk County$63,823,028,000
- County product change over the prior year, Polk County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Polk County$63,088
Every figure in this section is published for Polk County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ankeny. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ankeny questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ankeny, Iowa?
72,615, in 28,361 households. Ankeny city covers 31.91 square miles of land, which is 2,276 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ankeny in?
Polk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ankeny?
$108,198. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $331,000. Median gross rent is $1,319 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ankeny businesses?
96 7(a) approvals totalling $36.4 m, across 33 lenders, median approval $148,200, plus 39 504 approvals worth $34.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ankeny, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ankeny borrowers get paid back?
Of the 21 loans that have reached a final outcome, 19 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 9.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Ankeny figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Polk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ankeny.
Is zoning published for Ankeny?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.