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Census Tract 8, Story, IA

4,858 Population
0.8 square miles 6,276.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ames: 23.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Story County: 26.9 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$6,504 ±$601 Per capita income
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Ames: $34,343 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Story County: $38,610 ±$1,522
  • less than a fifth of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
N/A Median household income

100% (7  ±11) 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)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

9.8 minutes ±0.7 (18,905  ±2,525) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Ames: 15.6 508,545 (±0.7 / ±30,224)
  • about half the figure in Story County: 17.8 835,570 (±0.6 / ±34,985)
  • about half the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

4 ±6 Number of households
  • Ames: 25,785 ±538
  • Story County: 38,904 ±509
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
1.8 ±0.8 (7  ±11) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ames: 2.1 55,276 (±0.1 / ±143)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Story County: 2.3 87,801 (±0 / ±141)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

4 ±6 Number of housing units
  • Ames: 28,041 ±369
  • Story County: 41,887 ±101
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

78.2% ±7.6% (3,801  ±393.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ames: 37% 24,920 (±2.2% / ±1,452.8)
  • more than double the rate in Story County: 28.6% 28,472 (±1.6% / ±1,552.6)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

100% ±61.2% (60  ±69.5) 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
100% ±39.1% (60  ±63.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ames: 65.8% 20,133 (±2.8% / ±897.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Story County: 54.9% 29,153 (±2% / ±1,070.7)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

5.7% ±2.6% (279  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Ames: 11.7% 7,881 (±1% / ±692)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Story County: 8.6% 8,645
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±10 N/A Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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