Ames vs Nelliston

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

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

Nelliston has the higher population (732 vs 136 in Ames). Ames has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $39,250 in Nelliston). Ames has the higher median home value ($128,800 vs $60,400 in Nelliston).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Nelliston
Population	136	732
Median age	41.3 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$39,250
Median home value	$128,800	$60,400
Median gross rent	—	$635
Housing units	73	478
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Nelliston
Population	185 → 136 (-26.5%)	567 → 732 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$89,000 → $108,125 (+21.5%)	$47,411 → $39,250 (-17.2%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $128,800 (+39.2%)	$67,300 → $60,400 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$736 → $635 (-13.7%)

Ames

Population

185136

Median household income

$89,000$108,125

Median home value

$92,500$128,800

Nelliston

Population

567732

Median household income

$47,411$39,250

Median home value

$67,300$60,400

Median gross rent

$736$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Nelliston
Under 5	5.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	22.1%	3.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	26.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	19.3%
75 and over	8.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Nelliston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Nelliston
No high school diploma	2.9%	22.1%
High school graduate	17.6%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Nelliston
Drove alone	95.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Nelliston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Nelliston
Poverty rate	0.7%	23.8%
Average household size	2.34	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938