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Ames, IA Metro Area

125,156 Population
1,143 square miles 109.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,522 ±$1,985 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,007 ±$5,217 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.5% ±2.2% (16,202  ±2,519) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20 minutes ±1.3 (1,187,150  ±93,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

49,962 ±1,324 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (112,699  ±502) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

1.5% ±0.8% (496  ±260) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

54,286 ±239 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$246,200 ±$11,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

21.8% ±2.7% (27,133  ±3,351.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

96.9% ±4.8% (70,711  ±3,552.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
48.3% ±3.4% (35,237  ±2,526.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

6.2% ±27,511.7% (7,757  ±1,256) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.7% ±1% (4,804  ±1,029) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,804 Total veterans ±1,029 4,443 Male ±1,012 361 Female ±210

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