Moving to Ankeny: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Ankeny means joining a real, genuinely fast-growing Des Moines-metro suburb -- currently Iowa's fastest-growing city.
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Ankeny's population ran approximately 76,207 per the city's 2024 Special Census, up 12.25% (more than 8,000 residents) since the 2020 census -- a real, genuinely fast pace of growth.
A real, distinct local employer base
Casey's General Stores, a real Fortune 500 convenience-store chain, is genuinely headquartered in Ankeny, alongside DMACC's main campus, Iowa's largest community college.
Above-average household income
Ankeny's median household income ran approximately $106,603, genuinely well above both Iowa and national medians.
Key takeaways
- Ankeny is real, currently the fastest-growing city in Iowa, up 12.25% since 2020.
- Casey's General Stores HQ and DMACC's main campus anchor real local employment.
- Ankeny's median household income runs genuinely well above average.
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