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Ames, IA Metro Area

129,227 Population
1,143 square miles 113.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,572 ±$1,524 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,873 ±$5,731 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±2.1% (16,616  ±2,457) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.1 minutes ±0.9 (1,258,585  ±75,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

50,869 ±1,142 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (115,658  ±244) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.7% (1,178  ±576) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,437 ±112 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$279,700 ±$11,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.1% ±2.5% (27,011  ±3,136.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.8% ±4.8% (71,674  ±3,670.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.9% ±3.3% (36,197  ±2,501.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.3% (9,476  ±1,201) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.8% (3,804  ±823) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,804 Total veterans ±823 3,650 Male ±795 154 Female ±165

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