Home values, rents and more in Ames, IA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ames compares
The typical home in Ames, IA is worth about $302,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ames are 9% above the typical value in the Ames metro area ($277,000) and 18% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ames rose 2.6%, compared with +2.6% in the Ames metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,240 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% above the Ames metro area ($1,162) and 36% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $60,991, against $73,127 in the Ames metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 67,669 people live in Ames (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Ames has the 6th-highest typical home value of the 18 cities in the Ames metro area and the 111th-highest of 770 in Iowa with Zillow figures.
Part of: Story County, IA · Ames metro area · Iowa
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.