Ames vs Fairview

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (2,699 vs 201 in Ames). Fairview has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $43,125 in Ames). Fairview has the higher median home value ($105,700 vs $96,400 in Ames).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Fairview
Population	201	2,699
Median age	48.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$52,500
Median home value	$96,400	$105,700
Median gross rent	—	$615
Housing units	108	1,371
Homeownership rate	87.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Fairview
Population	262 → 201 (-23.3%)	2,618 → 2,699 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $43,125 (-26.6%)	$51,154 → $52,500 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $96,400 (+30.4%)	$83,000 → $105,700 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$743 → $615 (-17.2%)

Ames

Population

262201

Median household income

$58,750$43,125

Median home value

$73,900$96,400

Fairview

Population

2,6182,699

Median household income

$51,154$52,500

Median home value

$83,000$105,700

Median gross rent

$743$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Fairview
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.3%
75 and over	11.9%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Fairview
No high school diploma	15.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Fairview
Drove alone	85.8%	85.6%
Carpooled	14.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Fairview
1-unit, detached	91.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Fairview
Poverty rate	15.9%	19.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1974	1970