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Census Tract 7, Story, IA

3,344 Population
0.5 square miles 6,298.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ames: 23.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Story County: 26.9 ±0.3

Economics

$36,587 ±$8,003 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ames: $34,343 ±$1,343
  • a little less than the amount in Story County: $38,610 ±$1,522
$39,375 ±$10,546 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ames: $60,991 ±$1,892
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Story County: $69,685 ±$2,902

44.3% ±9.3% (1,469  ±382) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

15.7 minutes ±4.7 (27,105  ±5,428) 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

1,572 ±224 Number of households
  • Ames: 25,785 ±538
  • Story County: 38,904 ±509
2.1 ±0.1 (3,314  ±507) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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)

1.3% ±1.7% (13  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ames: 1.4% † 303 (±0.6% / ±138)
  • about half the rate in Story County: 2.7% † 751 (±0.7% / ±182)

Housing

1,782 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Ames: 28,041 ±369
  • Story County: 41,887 ±101

$320,300 ±$40,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ames: $277,400 ±$9,482
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Story County: $258,700 ±$8,356

53.7% ±9.2% (1,785  ±409.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 37% 24,920 (±2.2% / ±1,452.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Story County: 28.6% 28,472 (±1.6% / ±1,552.6)

Social

98.8% ±8.8% (1,273  ±265.7) 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)
65.6% ±7.4% (845  ±185.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ames: 65.8% 20,133 (±2.8% / ±897.2)
  • about 20 percent 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

17.1% ±5.6% (573  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 11.7% 7,881 (±1% / ±692)
  • about double the rate in Story County: 8.6% 8,645

4.5% ±3% (142  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 3% † 1,819 (±0.5% / ±326)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Story County: 4% † 3,337 (±0.4% / ±361)
142 Total veterans ±95 142 Male ±95 N/A Female ±10

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