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Census Tract 3, Story, IA

2,828 Population
0.7 square miles 4,200 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about double the figure in Ames: 23.3 ±0.3
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Story County: 26.9 ±0.3

Economics

$42,952 ±$6,139 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
$74,414 ±$11,918 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ames: $60,991 ±$1,892
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Story County: $69,685 ±$2,902

12.8% ±8.8% (361  ±253) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Ames: 25.5% 14,053 (±1.9% / ±1,035)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Story County: 18.2% 15,990 (±1.4% / ±1,195)

15.6 minutes ±2.3 (16,735  ±3,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ames: 15.6 508,545 (±0.7 / ±30,224)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Story County: 17.8 835,570 (±0.6 / ±34,985)

Families

1,407 ±147 Number of households
  • Ames: 25,785 ±538
  • Story County: 38,904 ±509
2 ±0.2 (2,828  ±364) 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)

7.2% ±6% (36  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ames: 1.4% † 303 (±0.6% / ±138)
  • more than double the rate in Story County: 2.7% † 751 (±0.7% / ±182)

Housing

1,448 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Ames: 28,041 ±369
  • Story County: 41,887 ±101

$249,300 ±$21,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ames: $277,400 ±$9,482
  • a little less than the amount in Story County: $258,700 ±$8,356

15.5% ±9.2% (428  ±259.9) 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% ±6.5% (2,025  ±240.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ames: 97.9% 29,970 (±3.7% / ±1,180.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Story County: 97.4% 51,753 (±2.8% / ±1,478.7)
52.8% ±6.7% (1,080  ±173.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ames: 65.8% 20,133 (±2.8% / ±897.2)
  • a little less 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

16% ±9.6% (452  ±277) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ames: 11.7% 7,881 (±1% / ±692)
  • nearly double the rate in Story County: 8.6% 8,645

6.2% ±2.8% (142  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Ames: 3% † 1,819 (±0.5% / ±326)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Story County: 4% † 3,337 (±0.4% / ±361)
142 Total veterans ±66 115 Male ±58 27 Female ±26

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