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Ames, IA Urban Area

64,489 Population
22.4 square miles 2,884.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,823 ±$3,082 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,286 ±$6,299 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

24.8% ±4.4% (13,052  ±2,332) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

15.8 minutes ±0.8 (496,895  ±32,825) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

26,311 ±1,374 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2 ±0.1 (52,857  ±1,446) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

2% ±0.6% (416  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

28,807 ±1,062 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$273,400 ±$27,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

33.2% ±4.1% (21,407  ±2,699.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

98.2% ±7.3% (30,397  ±2,619.6) 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)
65.3% ±6.2% (20,195  ±2,099.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double 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

11.3% ±1.9% (7,312  ±1,217) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

3% ±1.3% (1,755  ±742) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,755 Total veterans ±742 1,533 Male ±696 222 Female ±180

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