Ames vs Palatine Bridge

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

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

Palatine Bridge has the higher population (682 vs 136 in Ames). Ames has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $62,404 in Palatine Bridge). Palatine Bridge has the higher median home value ($136,700 vs $128,800 in Ames).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
Population	136	682
Median age	41.3 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$62,404
Median home value	$128,800	$136,700
Median gross rent	—	$397
Housing units	73	400
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
Population	185 → 136 (-26.5%)	633 → 682 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$89,000 → $108,125 (+21.5%)	$32,279 → $62,404 (+93.3%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $128,800 (+39.2%)	$93,900 → $136,700 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$442 → $397 (-10.2%)

Ames

Population

185136

Median household income

$89,000$108,125

Median home value

$92,500$128,800

Palatine Bridge

Population

633682

Median household income

$32,279$62,404

Median home value

$93,900$136,700

Median gross rent

$442$397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	22.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	20.2%
75 and over	8.1%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	17.6%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
Drove alone	95.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
1-unit, detached	100.0%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Palatine Bridge
Poverty rate	0.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1938	1960