Ankeny vs San Marcos
Ankeny, IA compared with San Marcos, TX · 854 miles apart
Ankeny has 77,833 residents to San Marcos’s 77,830. Ankeny comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, homeownership. San Marcos does better on clear days a year.
| Ankeny, IA | San Marcos, TX | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 77,833 | 77,830 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,383 | 1,925 |
| Median household income | $108,198 | $51,281 |
| Median home value | $331,000 | $310,400 |
| Median rent | $1,319 | $1,322 |
| Homeownership | 71.3% | 30.8% |
| Average commute | 21.1 min | 24 min |
| Median age | 33.6 | 25.5 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 52.1% | 38.3% |
| Poverty rate | 4.2% | 26.9% |
| Unemployment | 1.9% | 5.2% |
| Price to income | 3.1× | 6.1× |
| Clear days a year | 31 | 51 |
| Days above 90°F | 15 | 110 |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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