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50014

32,958 Population
54.2 square miles 608 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 29.9 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,198 ±$2,410 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $39,347 ±$1,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$60,731 ±$3,723 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $73,127 ±$2,402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

29.3% ±3.1% (9,125  ±1,028) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.5% 17,602 (±1.1% / ±1,226)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

15.9 minutes ±1.3 (248,875  ±26,616) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,121,515 (±0.5 / ±38,591)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

13,511 ±638 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,840 ±566
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.1 (31,222  ±1,207) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 113,888 (±0 / ±140)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

2.5% ±1.4% (257  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,123 (±0.6% / ±210)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

15,026 ±564 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,928 ±92
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$336,800 ±$24,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $246,300 ±$5,617
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

33.1% ±3.1% (10,821  ±1,095.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.3% 30,624 (±1.3% / ±1,623.9)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

97.6% ±3.8% (14,663  ±941.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.8% 69,929 (±2.4% / ±1,737.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
68.1% ±3.6% (10,226  ±748.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 47.9% 34,602 (±1.6% / ±1,171.8)
  • 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

12.7% ±1.6% (4,195  ±548) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 7.1% 9,037
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

2.6% ±1% (734  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.3% 4,555 (±0.4% / ±406)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
734 Total veterans ±289 627 Male ±229 107 Female ±165

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