Ames, NE

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ames, NE: 1 USPS ZIP, population 517. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet AMES-NE · Ames, NE 1 ZIPs · 517 pop · #5650/25278 · Dodge County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-HIGH $93,235
  • RANK-UPPER #5650/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Snyder
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 517
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Snyder, NE ( $5,318 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ames

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ames on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ames, NE sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
517
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,235
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,235 and home value - should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 0.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Nebraska, Arlington is the closest lower-income city and Pickrell the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ames.

Population concentration

Ames reads through its lone ZIP, 68621

517 ACS residents, one ZIP: 68621 is not the leading code inside Ames, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Ames

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 4 employees , annual payroll $200k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 68621 (5 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Ames, NE

These ZIP codes sit in Dodge County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ames. See the Dodge County roll-up →

Ames sits in the upper half of Dodge County on income: Fremont, North Bend and Hooper report less, while Nickerson reports more. Nickerson marks the far end of that range at $141,250, 51% above Ames.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
68621 517 $93,235 5 6

Ames roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ames, .