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Location: Polk County, Iowa, 6 miles north of downtown Des Moines, three miles north of the nation’s major crossroads, the I-35/I-180 Interchange City Size: 18.09 square miles incorporated

Population	Year	Households
2,964	1960	837
9,151	1970	2,552
15,429	1980	5,611
18,482	1990	6,983
21,485	1994	7,957
27,117	2000	10,882
39,000	2010 (projection)	15,600
55,000	2020 (projection)	20,000

Median Age: 31.1

2000 Population	Male	Female

Ankeny	13,140	13,977
Polk County	181,739	192,862
State of Iowa	1,435,515	1,490,809

City of Ankeny

Ankeny Total Population	27,117
Median Age	31.9
Median Age – Female	32.5
Median Age – Male	31.3

2000 Income

Median Household	$55,162
Per Capita	$25,143

Housing
Median Value Owner-Occupied Housing unit: $128,600 (2000) Price for an “upscale” 2,000 sq ft: 3 bedroom, 2 baths: $155,000 to $225,000 (est.) Apartment rental rates (average): 1 bedroom – $462 2 bedroom – $588 3 bedroom – $683

Largest Employers
Ankeny Community Schools Casey’s General Stores Des Moines Area Community College John Deere Des Moines Works Monsanto Mrs.Clark’s Foods On With Life Perishable Distributors of Iowa Praxair Snyder & Associates SYSCO Foods Techniplas Tone’s Spices Younker’s Distribution Center

Largest Retail Employers
Home Depot Hy-Vee Karl Chevrolet Kolhs Menards Super Target Super Walmart

Hospitality Services
Number of Restaurants: 60 Number of Hotels/Motels: 8

Places of Worship
More than 23 churches serve the Ankeny area

Recreational Facilities
Ankeny has an excellent recreation and park system. Eighteen parks totaling 290 acres are indicative of Ankeny’s commitment toward providing recreational facilities. Other facilities include:
18-hole public golf courses (2) disc golf course tennis courts 3500 seat field house swimming pools 4000 seat stadium & all weather track multi-sport complex family aquatic center bike trails 560 seat auditorium
The City of Ankeny dedicated the Prairie Ridge Center Youth Sports complex in July 2002. The multi-sport complex is the first of its kind in the State of Iowa with 15 baseball fields, 6 football fields, 11 soccer fields and 6 softball fields. The Ankeny Family YMCA is the nation’s first collaborative effort in which a “Y” is attached to a high school. This joint “Y” school district effort includes an 8-lane, 25-yard pool, gymnasium, cardio-vascular training center, weight room, nursery, multi-purpose room, youth activity room and handball courts. Saylorville Dam, 2 miles west of the city, forms a 5400-acre lake. Big Creek Lake, north of Ankeny is 866 acres. Both provide opportunities for hiking, boating, swimming, biking, camping and fishing.

Schools
*Ankeny Community Schools:* The Ankeny Community School District is the 10th largest district in Iowa and enjoys an outstanding reputation in Iowa and the Midwest for exemplary and balanced curricular and co-curricular programs designed to meet the needs of all students. The District’s curriculum is research-based, rigorous, and reflective of our changing society. Grades number Enrollment: Elementary (grades Pre-K-5), enrollment: 2,945 Middle School (grades 6-9), enrollment: 1,910 High School (grades 10-12), enrollment: 1,217 Other Programs, enrollment: 141.2 Total Students: 6,213.2 Source: Certified Enrollment – Ankeny Community School District (2002) Post Graduation Intentions for 2001 Graduates: Attend a four year college: 63.7% or 250 students Attend a two year, college/training program: 28.9% or 113 students Enter the military: 1.5% or 6 students Start full-time employment: 3.1% or 12 students Unknown: 2.8% or 11 students Ankeny Christian Academy: A private Christian school established in 1993 has a current enrollment of 190 students in grades K-12. Des Moines Area Community College: Ankeny is home to Iowa’s largest community college, DMACC is a publicly supported two-year institution serving the Des Moines metropolitan area and surrounding counties. It is the mission of the college to offer quality programs and courses to meet the different community interests, student abilities and person objectives of citizens of all ages and levels for education. DMACC has trained more than 12,000 workers through the Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training program, a collaborative effort between the college and businesses to help employees prepare for the jobs created by new and expanding companies. Fall 2002 enrollment on the Ankeny Campus: 7,146.

*Faith Baptist Bible College:* Faith Baptist Bible College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and by the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges. Fall 2002 enrollment was: 505. Iowa State University, Ames Drake University, Des Moines Grandview College, Des Moines Ankeny’s close proximity to ISU and DMACC offers research and technological links along with valuable job training of Iowa companies.

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