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50046

1,554 Population
47.5 square miles 32.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 29.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$43,755 ±$7,629 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $39,347 ±$1,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$81,500 ±$31,120 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $73,127 ±$2,402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

5.7% ±4.8% (88  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.5% 17,602 (±1.1% / ±1,226)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

24.7 minutes ±1.2 (18,250  ±4,570) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,121,515 (±0.5 / ±38,591)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

650 ±150 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,840 ±566
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.7 (1,554  ±292) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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

1.8% ±1.7% (6  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,123 (±0.6% / ±210)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

768 ±157 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,928 ±92
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$229,200 ±$22,828 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $246,300 ±$5,617
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

4.4% ±3.6% (68  ±57.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.3% 30,624 (±1.3% / ±1,623.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

97.4% ±25.4% (1,068  ±189) 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)
32.6% ±5.7% (358  ±93.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 47.9% 34,602 (±1.6% / ±1,171.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

4.2% ±5.6% (65  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 7.1% 9,037
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

5.4% ±3.9% (61  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.3% 4,555 (±0.4% / ±406)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
61 Total veterans ±46 61 Male ±46 N/A Female ±10

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