The median income of Ames residents was $17,161 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 25,538 households with a population of 66,023.
The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Bentley with $68,958 per year after adjusting for inflation – $51,797 more than Ames. It had 24 households with a population of 66.
The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was Pioneer with $2,499 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,662 less than Ames. It had 1 households with a population of 4.
Top 100 cities by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | City | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bentley | $68,958 |
| 2 | Shueyville | $58,750 |
| 3 | High Amana | $57,500 |
| 4 | Galt | $55,417 |
| 5 | Corley | $53,375 |
| 6 | Jackson Junction | $53,125 |
| 7 | Cumming | $52,875 |
| 8 | Oakland Acres | $52,083 |
| 9 | Bondurant | $51,867 |
| 10 | Polk City | $51,773 |
| 11 | Waukee | $51,223 |
| 12 | Walford | $50,893 |
| 13 | Fairfax | $50,662 |
| 14 | Clive | $50,590 |
| 15 | Granger | $50,476 |
| 16 | Robins | $50,443 |
| 17 | Grimes | $49,952 |
| 18 | Johnston | $49,937 |
| 19 | West Amana | $49,417 |
| 20 | Huxley | $49,198 |
| 21 | St. Benedict | $49,167 |
| 22 | Brunsville | $48,958 |
| 23 | Asbury | $48,713 |
| 24 | Twin Lakes | $48,542 |
| 25 | Lake Panorama | $47,478 |
| 26 | Swisher | $46,813 |
| 27 | Oyens | $46,563 |
| 28 | Norwalk | $45,955 |
| 29 | Long Grove | $45,509 |
| 30 | Le Claire | $45,492 |
| 31 | Atkins | $45,137 |
| 32 | McClelland | $45,000 |
| 33 | North Liberty | $44,678 |
| 34 | Cotter | $44,500 |
| 35 | Westwood | $44,375 |
| 36 | Roland | $44,286 |
| 37 | Gilbert | $44,219 |
| 38 | Sun Valley Lake | $44,000 |
| 39 | Paton | $43,750 |
| 40 | Van Meter | $43,507 |
| 41 | West Des Moines | $43,222 |
| 42 | Slater | $43,125 |
| 43 | St. Charles | $42,566 |
| 44 | Kelley | $42,500 |
| 45 | Ely | $42,441 |
| 46 | Altoona | $42,427 |
| 47 | Sergeant Bluff | $42,363 |
| 48 | Ankeny | $42,151 |
| 49 | Bettendorf | $42,069 |
| 50 | Hudson | $42,034 |
| 51 | Tiffin | $41,864 |
| 52 | Adel | $41,800 |
| 53 | Donahue | $41,696 |
| 54 | Bertram | $41,528 |
| 55 | Cambridge | $41,523 |
| 56 | Dike | $41,313 |
| 57 | Portsmouth | $41,250 |
| 57 | Aspinwall | $41,250 |
| 57 | Treynor | $41,250 |
| 60 | Pleasant Hill | $41,225 |
| 61 | Palo | $40,893 |
| 62 | Little Cedar | $40,859 |
| 63 | Cylinder | $40,714 |
| 64 | Green Mountain | $40,694 |
| 65 | Hinton | $40,606 |
| 66 | Aurelia | $40,552 |
| 67 | Willey | $40,357 |
| 67 | Panama | $40,357 |
| 69 | Knierim | $40,313 |
| 69 | Lambs Grove | $40,313 |
| 71 | Prairie City | $40,117 |
| 72 | Underwood | $39,952 |
| 73 | Fruitland | $39,934 |
| 74 | Ventura | $39,891 |
| 75 | Crescent | $39,792 |
| 76 | McCausland | $39,712 |
| 77 | Kinross | $39,688 |
| 78 | Maysville | $39,583 |
| 79 | Diamondhead Lake | $39,434 |
| 80 | Alleman | $39,423 |
| 81 | Peosta | $39,419 |
| 82 | Hornick | $39,306 |
| 83 | Raymond | $39,191 |
| 84 | Hartford | $38,816 |
| 85 | Low Moor | $38,750 |
| 86 | Boyden | $38,650 |
| 87 | Udell | $38,611 |
| 88 | Hartwick | $38,500 |
| 88 | Neola | $38,500 |
| 90 | Center Point | $38,484 |
| 91 | Janesville | $38,403 |
| 92 | Conroy | $38,309 |
| 93 | Rickardsville | $38,250 |
| 94 | Elkhart | $38,188 |
| 95 | Alburnett | $38,162 |
| 96 | Craig | $38,125 |
| 96 | Salix | $38,125 |
| 98 | Logan | $38,064 |
| 99 | Haverhill | $38,056 |
| 100 | Le Mars | $38,030 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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