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Ames Community School District, IA

63,271 Population
36.1 square miles 1,754.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Story County: 26.9 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,815 ±$1,342 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Story County: $38,610 ±$1,522
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,650 ±$4,009 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Story County: $69,685 ±$2,902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.2% ±2.2% (13,317  ±1,123) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Story County: 18.2% 15,990 (±1.4% / ±1,195)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.4 minutes ±0.8 (478,150  ±30,858) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Story County: 17.8 835,570 (±0.6 / ±34,985)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,982 ±582 Number of households
  • Story County: 38,904 ±509
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (50,920  ±895) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Story County: 2.3 87,801 (±0 / ±141)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±0.6% (255  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Story County: 2.7% † 751 (±0.7% / ±182)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,218 ±441 Number of housing units
  • Story County: 41,887 ±101
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$264,100 ±$10,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Story County: $258,700 ±$8,356
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

38.7% ±2.2% (24,406  ±1,405.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Story County: 28.6% 28,472 (±1.6% / ±1,552.6)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±3.8% (27,258  ±1,143.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Story County: 97.4% 51,753 (±2.8% / ±1,478.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
64.4% ±2.9% (17,952  ±854.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Story County: 54.9% 29,153 (±2% / ±1,070.7)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11.6% ±1.1% (7,357  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Story County: 8.6% 8,645
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±0.6% (1,684  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Story County: 4% † 3,337 (±0.4% / ±361)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,684 Total veterans ±321 1,494 Male ±273 190 Female ±161

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