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Ames, IA

65,676 Population
28.2 square miles 2,328.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 30.5 ±0.5
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,669 ±$3,009 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $38,522 ±$1,985
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
$58,693 ±$4,637 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $72,007 ±$5,217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135

24.4% ±4.4% (13,052  ±2,332) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 14.5% † 16,202 (±2.2% / ±2,519)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)

15.8 minutes ±0.8 (496,075  ±32,651) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,113,140 (±0.6 / ±44,809)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.7 28,493,996 (±0.1 / ±232,811)

Families

26,633 ±1,356 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,962 ±1,324
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
2 ±0.1 (54,044  ±503) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 112,699 (±0.1 / ±502)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.3 † 3,109,409 (±,415.5 / ±-555,555,600)

2% ±0.6% (416  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.8% † 1,271 (±0.7% / ±242)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 40,424 (±0.2% / ±1,423)

Housing

29,129 ±1,021 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 54,286 ±239
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169

$273,000 ±$27,568 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $246,200 ±$11,945
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351

33% ±4.1% (21,646  ±2,702.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 21.8% † 27,133 (±2.7% / ±3,351.9)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)

Social

98.3% ±7.5% (31,078  ±2,626) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.9% 70,711 (±4.8% / ±3,552.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
65.5% ±6.2% (20,704  ±2,099.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 48.3% 35,237 (±3.4% / ±2,526.4)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)

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

11.1% ±1.9% (7,312  ±1,217) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 6.2% † 7,757 (±27,511.7% / ±1,256)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% † 188,605 (±1,018.8% / ±8,046)

3% ±1.3% (1,730  ±741) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.7% † 4,804 (±1% / ±1,029)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
1,730 Total veterans ±741 1,508 Male ±695 222 Female ±180

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