Ames vs Big Thicket Lake Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Ames and Big Thicket Lake Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Ames and Big Thicket Lake Estates are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ames has the higher population (1,085 vs 550 in Big Thicket Lake Estates). Ames has the higher median household income ($44,236 vs $22,074 in Big Thicket Lake Estates). Ames has the higher median home value ($153,800 vs $111,000 in Big Thicket Lake Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
Population	1,085	550
Median age	39.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,236	$22,074
Median home value	$153,800	$111,000
Median gross rent	$1,008	—
Housing units	478	322
Homeownership rate	67.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
Population	1,394 → 1,085 (-22.2%)	704 → 550 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$26,179 → $44,236 (+69.0%)	$30,417 → $22,074 (-27.4%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $153,800 (+139.2%)	$120,300 → $111,000 (-7.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,008 (+0.8%)	$588 → $636 (+8.2%)

Ames

Population

1,3941,085

Median household income

$26,179$44,236

Median home value

$64,300$153,800

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,008

Big Thicket Lake Estates

Population

704550

Median household income

$30,417$22,074

Median home value

$120,300$111,000

Median gross rent

$588$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.6%	28.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	3.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	37.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.5%
75 and over	3.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	4.6%	76.4%
Black or African American	87.2%	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	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
No high school diploma	12.0%	42.9%
High school graduate	59.1%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
Drove alone	87.9%	97.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	74.1%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	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	23.8%	43.2%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Big Thicket Lake Estates
Poverty rate	25.3%	37.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1999	1984