What is the population of Ames city?

Ames city has 1,085 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #991 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Ames city?

Median household income in Ames city is $44,236 a year, 43.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ames city?

Median gross rent is $1,008 a month and the median home value is $153,800, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.

Is Ames city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ames city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ames, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ames, Texas (Ames, TX — Census place “Ames city”) is 1,085 residents, ranking #991 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $44,236, the median home is worth $153,800 and median gross rent runs $1,008 a month. Looking for the Ames Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ames, TX: 77575.

Population: 1,085Ames city residents
Median household income: $44,236Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $153,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,008Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.2%Owner-occupied households

Ames ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ames.

The Ames TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

77575

What the numbers mean in Ames city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ames city median would spend about 27.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.3% of residents and 67.2% 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 city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ames city is a small town in Texas, with 1,085 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #991 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 46% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 city earn a median of $44,236 a year, 43.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 25.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ames city is valued at $153,800, 49.3% below the national figure and 14% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,008 a month, 28.3% below the national figure, or roughly $12,096 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ames city?: Ames city has 1,085 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #991 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Ames city?: Median household income in Ames city is $44,236 a year, 43.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ames city?: Median gross rent is $1,008 a month and the median home value is $153,800, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.
Is Ames city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ames city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ames city 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.