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Census Tract 2, Story, IA

3,350 Population
1.2 square miles 2,800.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ames: 23.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Story County: 26.9 ±0.3

Economics

$42,842 ±$4,498 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ames: $34,343 ±$1,343
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Story County: $38,610 ±$1,522
$67,423 ±$15,786 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ames: $60,991 ±$1,892
  • a little less than the amount in Story County: $69,685 ±$2,902

14.6% ±4% (480  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ames: 25.5% 14,053 (±1.9% / ±1,035)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Story County: 18.2% 15,990 (±1.4% / ±1,195)

17.6 minutes ±2.4 (27,765  ±6,261) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ames: 15.6 508,545 (±0.7 / ±30,224)
  • about the same as the figure in Story County: 17.8 835,570 (±0.6 / ±34,985)

Families

1,635 ±163 Number of households
  • Ames: 25,785 ±538
  • Story County: 38,904 ±509
2 ±0.1 (3,288  ±374) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ames: 2.1 55,276 (±0.1 / ±143)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Story County: 2.3 87,801 (±0 / ±141)

2.9% ±3.6% (25  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ames: 1.4% † 303 (±0.6% / ±138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Story County: 2.7% † 751 (±0.7% / ±182)

Housing

1,680 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Ames: 28,041 ±369
  • Story County: 41,887 ±101

$241,600 ±$12,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ames: $277,400 ±$9,482
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Story County: $258,700 ±$8,356

14.2% ±6.4% (472  ±219.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ames: 37% 24,920 (±2.2% / ±1,452.8)
  • about half the rate in Story County: 28.6% 28,472 (±1.6% / ±1,552.6)

Social

99.8% ±1.2% (2,437  ±287) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ames: 97.9% 29,970 (±3.7% / ±1,180.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Story County: 97.4% 51,753 (±2.8% / ±1,478.7)
57.3% ±5.9% (1,399  ±218.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ames: 65.8% 20,133 (±2.8% / ±897.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Story County: 54.9% 29,153 (±2% / ±1,070.7)

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

4.3% ±2.4% (144  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ames: 11.7% 7,881 (±1% / ±692)
  • about half the rate in Story County: 8.6% 8,645

5.2% ±2% (145  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 3% † 1,819 (±0.5% / ±326)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Story County: 4% † 3,337 (±0.4% / ±361)
145 Total veterans ±57 123 Male ±58 22 Female ±33

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