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Census Tract 5, Story, IA

5,452 Population
0.5 square miles 10,991.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ames: 23.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Story County: 26.9 ±0.3

Economics

$8,633 ±$1,129 Per capita income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Ames: $34,343 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Story County: $38,610 ±$1,522
$22,500 ±$12,066 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ames: $60,991 ±$1,892
  • about one-third of the amount in Story County: $69,685 ±$2,902

58.2% ±11.3% (691  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ames: 25.5% 14,053 (±1.9% / ±1,035)
  • more than double the rate in Story County: 18.2% 15,990 (±1.4% / ±1,195)

12 minutes ±0.6 (29,190  ±4,420) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ames: 15.6 508,545 (±0.7 / ±30,224)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Story County: 17.8 835,570 (±0.6 / ±34,985)

Families

522 ±130 Number of households
  • Ames: 25,785 ±538
  • Story County: 38,904 ±509
2.3 ±0.3 (1,187  ±331) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ames: 2.1 55,276 (±0.1 / ±143)
  • about the same as the figure in Story County: 2.3 87,801 (±0 / ±141)

1.7% ±1.9% (39  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ames: 1.4% † 303 (±0.6% / ±138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Story County: 2.7% † 751 (±0.7% / ±182)

Housing

549 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Ames: 28,041 ±369
  • Story County: 41,887 ±101

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Ames: $277,400 ±$9,482
  • Story County: $258,700 ±$8,356

58.5% ±6.2% (3,160  ±404.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 37% 24,920 (±2.2% / ±1,452.8)
  • about double the rate in Story County: 28.6% 28,472 (±1.6% / ±1,552.6)

Social

100% ±35.4% (723  ±167) 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)
87.1% ±31.4% (630  ±151.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ames: 65.8% 20,133 (±2.8% / ±897.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Story County: 54.9% 29,153 (±2% / ±1,070.7)

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

18.5% ±4.5% (1,011  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 11.7% 7,881 (±1% / ±692)
  • more than double the rate in Story County: 8.6% 8,645

0.2% ±0.2% (8  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ames: 3% † 1,819 (±0.5% / ±326)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Story County: 4% † 3,337 (±0.4% / ±361)
8 Total veterans ±12 8 Male ±12 N/A Female ±15

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