Population & Demographics
Ames, IA
Ames is home to 67,669 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 24,323 resident workers commute each day.
67,669 residents
Median age 23.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Ames population & demographics
Who lives in Ames — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Ames
How Ames breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Ames
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Ames.
These figures are for Ames proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Ames commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
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24,323 commutes, one dot at a time
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Where 24,323 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Ames, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Ames.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Ames’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Ames
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).