Urbandale, Iowa Urbandale, Iowa Location of Urbandale, Iowa Location of Urbandale, Iowa Urbandale, Iowa is positioned in the US Urbandale, Iowa - Urbandale, Iowa Urbandale is a town/city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U.S.
Urbandale was incorporated as a town/city on April 16, 1917.
In its early days, Urbandale served as a streetcar suburb of Des Moines with four coal mines.
Urbandale served as the end of the "Urbandale Line" after plans to build a barns from Des Moines to Woodward were abandoned because of right-of-way issues.
In 1920, shortly after the town/city incorporated, Urbandale had 298 citizens .
Its populace in 1950 was 1,777, but the town/city interval quickly after that along with the rest of Des Moines' suburbs.
By 1970 Urbandale had 14,434 citizens , and in 2000 it had 29,072. Although most of the city's advanced area is in Polk County, Urbandale has period westward into Dallas County in recent years.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 21.94 square miles (56.82 km2), of which, 21.92 square miles (56.77 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $59,744, and the median income for a family was $70,548 (these figures had risen to $69,269 and $86,885 in the order given as of a 2007 estimate).
As of the census of 2010, there were 39,463 citizens , 15,596 homeholds, and 10,815 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.1% White, 2.8% African American, 0.1% Native American, 3.5% Asian, 0.8% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 15,596 homeholds of which 35.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 30.7% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 37.8 years.
26.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.9% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,072 citizens , 11,484 homeholds, and 8,038 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.18% White, 1.53% African American, 0.09% Native American, 1.73% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other competitions, and 0.86% from two or more competitions.
There were 11,484 homeholds out of which 35.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families.
Age spread: 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
While Urbandale is primarily a residentiary city, other evolution has increased in recent years, especially in industrialized parks along I-35/I-80.
In July 2005, Money periodical ranked Urbandale 53rd on its list of the "100 Best Places to Live" in the United States.
A September 2008 Business Week periodical survey ranked Urbandale 12th among the nation's top 20 communities likely to face trouble ahead from the still-brewing Wall Street financial crises.
According to Urbandale's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 5 Urbandale Community Schools 450 Urbandale features 850 acres (3.4 km2) of parks and 33 miles (53 km) of recreational trails that connect to other trails in the Des Moines area. Urbandale is the home of Living History Farms, where Pope John Paul II spoke to a crowd estimated at 350,000 on October 4, 1979 and the Buccaneer Arena, home to the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey team.
The Urbandale Community School District consists of six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school (Urbandale High School).
Portions of Urbandale are also in the Dallas Center-Grimes, Des Moines, Johnston, Waukee, and West Des Moines school districts.
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