Waukee, IA: how dark is the sky here?

Waukee reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 6.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Waukee.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Waukee is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Red Wing, MN, roughly 216 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

Red Wing, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Waukee compares nationally

Waukee, IA counts roughly 34,420 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Waukee places 214 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.