City safety & data profile

WaukeeIA

Waukee, IA is a 19K-resident city in Dallas County with a median household income of $101,029.

Dallas County, Iowa. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Waukee, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Waukee has a population larger than 41% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $350,500.

Data updated 2026-09-04

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 42%
By size
$101,029
Median income (place)
$350,500
Median home (place)
7.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Waukee

Waukee posts a median household income higher than 70% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 30%
by median income, US cities

Where Waukee income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$101,029 Top 30% higher than 70% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Waukee $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IA

Population among 40 IA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Des Moines is the largest IA city on this list; Clive leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IA

Median household income among the same 40-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Clive posts the highest place-level median income in IA; Des Moines is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Waukee, IA beyond the headline numbers

Waukee sits inside Dallas County, Iowa, at roughly 41.61°N, -93.89°W. Population 18,990, $101,029 median household income. Median home value $350,500, median rent $1,383. Poverty rate 7.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 7.4%, poverty in Waukee, IA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Waukee costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

22% of Waukee workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 22.5% in Waukee, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Waukee workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Waukee's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Waukee from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,990
Waukee · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$101,029
+13% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$350,500
-15% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dallas County): Waukee's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
108K+55%
Median Income
$102,379+39%
Median Home Value
$355,600+93%
Poverty Rate
6.3%-2%
Unemployment
2.3%-32%

Economics

Economics indicators for Waukee, IA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,383/mo
Poverty Rate
7.4% -40% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 58%
Work From Home 22%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 79.7%
African American 5.1%
Asian 6.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
32.3%
High Blood Pressure
27.3%
Short Sleep Duration
26.9%
Binge Drinking
22.5%
Physical Inactivity
18.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.7%
Current Smoking
10.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.5%
Current Asthma
9.4%
Diabetes
8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 76.3%
Annual Checkup 75.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.1%
Stroke
2.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Waukee?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Waukee right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet IA-WAUKEE · Waukee

Waukee: 4 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • WX-LED 75% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · EPA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Waukee

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Waukee.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Waukee; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Iowa state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Las Vegas, NV 4 alerts Kansas City, MO 4 alerts Salisbury, NC 4 alerts Woodstock, GA 4 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Waukee, IA? ▼
Waukee, IA has a population of 18,990 people, located in Dallas County, Iowa.
What is the median household income in Waukee? ▼
The median household income in Waukee, IA is $101,029 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.4%.
What is the median home value in Waukee? ▼
The median home value in Waukee, IA is $350,500. Median rent is $1,383/month.
What are the top health concerns in Waukee? ▼
The top health indicators in Waukee include Obesity (32.3%), High Blood Pressure (27.3%), Short Sleep Duration (26.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Waukee? ▼
The median age in Waukee, IA is 34.7 years. 58% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Waukee, both outside Iowa so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IA (7.4% here).

Arlington, VA 7.4% Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% Rio Rancho, NM 7.4% New Braunfels, TX 7.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IA ($101,029 here).

West Haven, UT $101,012 Artesia, CA $101,004 Woodridge, IL $101,000 West Covina, CA $101,065

Compare Waukee with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Grimes, IA 11K Clive, IA 15K Urbandale, IA 44K West Des Moines, IA 64K Johnston, IA 21K Norwalk, IA 10K Des Moines, IA 214K Ankeny, IA 57K
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Using Waukee's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Waukee area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Waukee against Iowa peers on any ranking lens. Explore Iowa

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Dallas County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.