Ankeny, Iowa

Current Weather

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the south of Ankeny and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the north of Ankeny and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Boone	NW	26 mi [41.84 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Clive	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Grinnell	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	9,167	0.68% increase
	Indianola	S	25 mi [40.23 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Johnston	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	15,691	81.42% increase
	Knoxville	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	7,254	6.17% decrease
	Marshalltown	NE	41 mi [66 km]	25,850	0.61% decrease
	Nevada	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	6,688	0.45% increase
	Newton	E	28 mi [45.06 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Norwalk	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Pella	SE	41 mi [66 km]	10,208	3.82% increase
	Perry	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	9,569	25.36% increase
	Urbandale	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	West Des Moines	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alleman	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	435	0.91% decrease
	Bondurant	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,714	47.02% increase
	Country Estate Village	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Elkhart	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	473	30.66% increase
	Granger	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,054	80.79% increase
	Grimes	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	8,419	65.14% increase
	Huxley	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,830	22.19% increase
	Pleasant Hill	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	8,414	65.96% increase
	Polk City Junction	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Polk City	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	3,201	36.56% increase
	Saylorville Reservoir	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Saylorville	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Sheldahl	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	319	5.06% decrease
	Slater	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,388	6.28% increase
	Windsor Heights	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	4,643	3.37% decrease

Polk County

Ankeny is located in Polk County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story and Warren. Although it doesn't share a border with Polk, Marshall it is close to Ankeny.

Below are counties that are near Ankeny (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Ankeny:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Ankeny
	Boone County	NW	Sheldahl	10 miles [16 km]
	Dallas County	W	Grimes	10 miles [16 km]
	Greene County	NW	Rippey	34 miles [54 km]
	Guthrie County	W	Jamaica	37 miles [59 km]
	Hamilton County	N	Rosendale	34 miles [54 km]
	Hardin County	N	Garden City	37 miles [59 km]
	Jasper County	E	Mitchellville	12 miles [19 km]
	Madison County	SW	McBride	26 miles [41 km]
	Marion County	SE	Swan	23 miles [37 km]
	Marshall County	NE	Edenville	25 miles [40 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Ankeny. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes