Ames vs Cleo Springs

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

Ames and Cleo Springs are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleo Springs has the higher population (351 vs 201 in Ames). Cleo Springs has the higher median household income ($43,571 vs $43,125 in Ames). Ames has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $88,500 in Cleo Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Cleo Springs
Population	201	351
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$43,571
Median home value	$96,400	$88,500
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	108	163
Homeownership rate	87.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Cleo Springs
Population	262 → 201 (-23.3%)	336 → 351 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $43,125 (-26.6%)	$45,455 → $43,571 (-4.1%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $96,400 (+30.4%)	$75,000 → $88,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $830 (+14.5%)

Ames

Population

262201

Median household income

$58,750$43,125

Median home value

$73,900$96,400

Cleo Springs

Population

336351

Median household income

$45,455$43,571

Median home value

$75,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$725$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Cleo Springs
Under 5	5.5%	14.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	24.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	18.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.5%
75 and over	11.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Cleo Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Cleo Springs
No high school diploma	15.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	40.7%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Cleo Springs
Drove alone	85.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	14.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Cleo Springs
1-unit, detached	91.7%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Cleo Springs
Poverty rate	15.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1974	1974