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Story City, IA

3,398 Population
3 square miles 1,143.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 29.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,055 ±$6,216 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $39,347 ±$1,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,605 ±$20,622 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $73,127 ±$2,402
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±8.6% (416  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.5% 17,602 (±1.1% / ±1,226)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±6.9 (35,310  ±11,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,121,515 (±0.5 / ±38,591)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,419 ±120 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,840 ±566
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,292  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 113,888 (±0 / ±140)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±4.5% (32  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,123 (±0.6% / ±210)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,476 ±158 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,928 ±92
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,600 ±$25,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $246,300 ±$5,617
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±9.6% (547  ±323.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.3% 30,624 (±1.3% / ±1,623.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±12.2% (2,305  ±345.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.8% 69,929 (±2.4% / ±1,737.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44% ±8.8% (1,058  ±227.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 47.9% 34,602 (±1.6% / ±1,171.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% ±3.2% (109  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 7.1% 9,037
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.6% (112  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.3% 4,555 (±0.4% / ±406)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
112 Total veterans ±65 112 Male ±65 N/A Female ±10

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