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Ames, OK population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ames, Oklahoma (Ames, OK — Census place “Ames town”) is 201 residents, ranking #539 of 846 places in Oklahoma. Median household income is $43,125, the median home is worth $96,400 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Ames Oklahoma ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ames, OK: 73718.
- Population
- 201Ames town residents
- Median household income
- $43,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $96,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 48.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 87.8%Owner-occupied households
Ames ZIP codes (Oklahoma)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ames.
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What the numbers mean in Ames town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.9% of residents and 87.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ames town, OK in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ames town is a very small community in Oklahoma, with 201 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #539 of 846 ranked by population — larger than 36% of them. The median age here is 48.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Ames town earn a median of $43,125 a year, 45.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $53,500 median for the 240 Oklahoma cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ames town is valued at $96,400, 68.2% below the national figure and 23% below the $125,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 87.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
With 201 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Ames town against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Ames town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Oklahoma.
- Bray town 1,002
- Shady Point town 1,010
- Medford city 1,014
- Fairfax town 1,018
- Burneyville CDP 1,030
- Mounds town 1,031
- Sperry town 1,033
- Laverne town 1,050
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ames town?
- Ames town has 201 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #539 of 846 in Oklahoma.
- What is the median household income in Ames town?
- Median household income in Ames town is $43,125 a year, 45.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ames town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $96,400.
- Is Ames town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ames town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Ames town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.