Waukee, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 13 miles [20 km] to the east of Waukee and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the north of Waukee and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Ankeny	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	42,287	55.94% increase
	Boone	N	30 mi [48.28 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Clive	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Creston	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	7,594	---
	Indianola	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Johnston	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	15,691	81.42% increase
	Knoxville	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	7,254	6.17% decrease
	Nevada	NE	35 mi [56.3 km]	6,688	0.45% increase
	Newton	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Norwalk	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Pella	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	10,208	3.82% increase
	Perry	NW	20 mi [32.19 km]	9,569	25.36% increase
	Urbandale	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	West Des Moines	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Adel	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,428	28.91% increase
	Country Estate Village	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Cumming	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	309	90.74% increase
	Dallas Center	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,734	8.71% increase
	DeSoto	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,242	23.09% increase
	Earlham	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,347	3.78% increase
	Granger	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,054	80.79% increase
	Grimes	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,419	65.14% increase
	Minburn	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	469	19.95% increase
	Polk City Junction	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Polk City	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	3,201	36.56% increase
	Saylorville Reservoir	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Saylorville	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Van Meter	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	1,208	39.49% increase
	Windsor Heights	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	4,643	3.37% decrease

Dallas County

Waukee is located in Dallas County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dallas: Adair, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Madison, Polk and Warren.

While not sharing a border with Dallas, the counties of Story and Jasper are close to Waukee.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Waukee
	Adair County	W	Stuart	24 miles [38 km]
	Boone County	N	Madrid	18 miles [28 km]
	Clarke County	S	Liberty	33 miles [53 km]
	Greene County	NW	Rippey	28 miles [45 km]
	Guthrie County	W	Dale	24 miles [38 km]
	Jasper County	E	Mitchellville	26 miles [41 km]
	Lucas County	SE	Norwood	39 miles [62 km]
	Madison County	SW	Clucas	12 miles [19 km]
	Marion County	E	Swan	30 miles [48 km]
	Polk County	E	Campbell	3 miles [4 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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