Ames vs Fultonville

A side-by-side comparison of Ames and Fultonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Ames and Fultonville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fultonville has the higher population (696 vs 136 in Ames). Ames has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $87,386 in Fultonville). Fultonville has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $128,800 in Ames).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Fultonville
Population	136	696
Median age	41.3 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$87,386
Median home value	$128,800	$150,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,025
Housing units	73	307
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Fultonville
Population	185 → 136 (-26.5%)	568 → 696 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$89,000 → $108,125 (+21.5%)	$51,083 → $87,386 (+71.1%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $128,800 (+39.2%)	$83,300 → $150,000 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$773 → $1,025 (+32.6%)

Ames

Population

185136

Median household income

$89,000$108,125

Median home value

$92,500$128,800

Fultonville

Population

568696

Median household income

$51,083$87,386

Median home value

$83,300$150,000

Median gross rent

$773$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Fultonville
Under 5	5.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.4%
35 to 44	22.1%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.3%
75 and over	8.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Fultonville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Fultonville
No high school diploma	2.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	17.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Fultonville
Drove alone	95.0%	93.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Fultonville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Fultonville
Poverty rate	0.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1938	1948