Story County, Iowa (IA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 5,938
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 17,123
Renter-occupied apartments: 15,615 (it was 12,260 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 42% |
State: | 28% |
Land area: 573 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population density: 174 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (36.6%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 64%
- Government: 32%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 81,52581.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 6,9116.9%Asian alone
- 4,0784.1%Hispanic or Latino
- 3,7793.8%Two or more races
- 2,9402.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2480.2%Some other race alone
- 1650.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 270.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Median resident age: | 26.9 years |
Iowa median age: | 38.9 years |
Males: 51,950 | (52.1%) |
Females: 47,723 | (47.9%) |
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Story County: | 2.0 people |
Iowa: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $66,033 ($40,442 in 1999)
This county: | $66,033 |
Iowa: | $69,588 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $808 (lower quartile is $618, upper quartile is $1,038)
This county: | $808 |
State: | $741 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $250,700 (it was $110,600 in 2000)
Story: | $250,700 |
Iowa: | $194,600 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,633Detached houses: $273,235
Here: $273,235 State: $245,224 Townhouses or other attached units: $275,930
Here: $275,930 State: $238,767 In 2-unit structures: $164,489
Here: $164,489 State: $243,070 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $158,718
Here: $158,718 State: $162,139 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $194,609
Here: $194,609 State: $190,519 Mobile homes: $37,077
Here: $37,077 State: $51,271
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $687
Institutionalized population: 678
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 3
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 16
- Burglaries: 23
- Thefts: 74
- Auto thefts: 20
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 1
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 16
- Burglaries: 33
- Thefts: 48
- Auto thefts: 15
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 157 buildings, average cost: $335,400
- 2021: 216 buildings, average cost: $312,600
- 2020: 201 buildings, average cost: $296,300
- 2019: 232 buildings, average cost: $236,900
- 2018: 273 buildings, average cost: $250,200
- 2017: 257 buildings, average cost: $284,400
- 2016: 210 buildings, average cost: $276,200
- 2015: 196 buildings, average cost: $271,100
- 2014: 179 buildings, average cost: $260,500
- 2013: 246 buildings, average cost: $244,900
- 2012: 152 buildings, average cost: $239,200
- 2011: 99 buildings, average cost: $227,800
- 2010: 93 buildings, average cost: $256,800
- 2009: 122 buildings, average cost: $209,900
- 2008: 126 buildings, average cost: $264,900
- 2007: 244 buildings, average cost: $244,800
- 2006: 278 buildings, average cost: $188,900
- 2005: 381 buildings, average cost: $188,300
- 2004: 317 buildings, average cost: $195,600
- 2003: 406 buildings, average cost: $186,800
- 2002: 305 buildings, average cost: $149,800
- 2001: 242 buildings, average cost: $129,900
- 2000: 254 buildings, average cost: $120,800
- 1999: 295 buildings, average cost: $108,900
- 1998: 326 buildings, average cost: $101,900
- 1997: 280 buildings, average cost: $99,500
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,607 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,411 (1.5%)
Story County: | 18.2% |
Iowa: | 11.0% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 26.9 years old
(Males: 26.1 years old, Females: 28.1 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 28.6 years old, Black residents: 24.4 years old, American Indian residents: 41.7 years old, Asian residents: 24.5 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 20.9 years old, Other race residents: 20.6 years old)
Area name: Ames, IA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Story County is $536 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $662 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $947 a month.
Cities in this county include: Ames, Nevada, Story City, Huxley, Roland, Slater, Gilbert, Colo, Cambridge, Maxwell.
Neighboring counties: Boone County, Nebraska , Cook County, Illinois , Cedar County , Oneida County, Idaho , Jo Daviess County, Illinois , McHenry County, Illinois , Ogle County, Illinois .
Here: | 1.9% |
Iowa: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 23,057
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 97.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 52.5%
Number of foreign born residents: 8,149 (28.4% naturalized citizens)
Story County: | 8.2% |
Whole state: | 6.0% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 6,4872010 or later
- 1,5962000 to 2009
- 7971990 to 1999
- 8121980 to 1989
- 2631970 to 1979
- 313Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 22,097
- One, attached: 2,720
- Two: 1,263
- 3 or 4: 2,346
- 5 to 9: 2,386
- 10 to 19: 4,383
- 20 to 49: 3,703
- 50 or more: 1,740
- Mobile homes: 1,280
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 53
Housing units in Story County with a mortgage: 12,124 (1,308 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,094 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 243
Here: | 4.7% with mortgage |
State: | 97.1% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Story County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Mainline Protestant | 18,811 | 37 |
Evangelical Protestant | 14,233 | 54 |
Catholic | 8,825 | 6 |
Other | 2,071 | 13 |
Orthodox | 21 | 1 |
None | 45,581 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Story County: | 1.17 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Iowa: | 0.23 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.35 / 10,000 pop. |
Iowa: | 0.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Story County: | 3.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Iowa: | 5.55 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.27 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
Story County: | 5.5% |
Iowa: | 7.8% |
Story County: | 26.2% |
State: | 27.3% |
Here: | 9.9% |
State: | 14.5% |
Agriculture in Story County:
Average size of farms: 368 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $121,525
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $297.88
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.29%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 22.10%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $94,241
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 86.34%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $121,033
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 77.58%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.46
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 3.14%
Corn for grain: 163078 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 140082 harvested acres
Vegetables: 83 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 61 acres
Earthquake activity:
Story County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Iowa state average. It is 188% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 427.9 miles away from Story County center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW) earthquake occurred 386.9 miles away from the county center
On 7/9/1975 at 14:54:15, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 281.5 miles away from the county center
On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi) earthquake occurred 386.9 miles away from the county center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 370.5 miles away from Story County center
On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi) earthquake occurred 481.7 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Iowa Severe Storms, Incident Period: August 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4557, Natural disaster type: Storm
- Iowa Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: March 17, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4483-IA: March 23, 2020, FEMA Id: 4483, Natural disaster type: Other
- Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: June 6, 2018 - July 2, 2018, FEMA Id: 4386, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2013 to June 15, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4126: July 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4126, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Iowa Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 09, 2011 to July 14, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4016: August 24, 2011, FEMA Id: 4016, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
- Iowa Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 01, 2010 to August 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1930: July 29, 2010, FEMA Id: 1930, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Iowa Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: January 19, 2010 to January 26, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1880: March 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 1880, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1763: May 27, 2008, FEMA Id: 1763, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Iowa Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: February 23, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1688: March 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1688, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Iowa Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3239: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3239, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Story County (19) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 16
Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 14, Storms: 12, Tornadoes: 6, Winds: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Hurricane: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 40,535 (71.4%)
- Carpooled: 4,686 (8.3%)
- Bus: 2,051 (3.6%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 211 (0.4%)
- Bicycle: 1,036 (1.8%)
- Walked: 3,765 (6.6%)
- Worked at home: 4,452 (7.8%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care and social assistance (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Retail trade (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Manufacturing (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (31%)
- Health care and social assistance (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Manufacturing (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (9%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (9%)
- Material moving occupations (9%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (6%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (6%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (18%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (10%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (10%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Personal care and service occupations (7%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25%)
- India (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Brazil (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Vietnam (3%)
- German (25%)
- English (8%)
- Norwegian (7%)
- Irish (6%)
- American (5%)
- European (4%)
- Italian (2%)
People in group quarters in Story County, Iowa in 2010:
- 7,298 people in college/university student housing
- 476 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 91 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 89 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 69 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 48 people in group homes intended for adults
- 48 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 42 people in correctional residential facilities
- 11 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 2 people in in-patient hospice facilities
People in group quarters in Story County, Iowa in 2000:
- 8,619 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 521 people in nursing homes
- 234 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 53 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 43 people in other group homes
- 42 people in halfway houses
- 36 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 32 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 20 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 4 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 2 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
8.68% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($51,352 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 8.68% |
Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.22% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($28,735 average AGI)
3.47% relocated from other states ($22,616 average AGI)
Story County: 3.47% Iowa average: 2.75%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Polk County, IA | 1.84% ($51,465 average AGI) |
from Boone County, IA | 0.52% ($51,412) |
from Dallas County, IA | 0.20% ($51,109) |
from Marshall County, IA | 0.20% ($46,047) |
from Linn County, IA | 0.18% ($50,786) |
from Hamilton County, IA | 0.15% ($47,326) |
from Hardin County, IA | 0.14% ($33,523) |
10.66% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($51,575 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 10.66% |
Iowa average: | 6.50% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.92% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($27,323 average AGI)
4.74% relocated to other states ($24,251 average AGI)
Story County: 4.74% Iowa average: 2.79%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Polk County, IA | 2.61% ($50,052 average AGI) |
to Boone County, IA | 0.70% ($62,294) |
to Dallas County, IA | 0.31% ($44,707) |
to Marshall County, IA | 0.23% ($45,767) |
to Johnson County, IA | 0.18% ($42,966) |
to Hamilton County, IA | 0.18% ($53,439) |
to Hennepin County, MN | 0.17% ($49,964) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 5.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.6
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 2.2%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 9,447 (8,402 aged, 1,045 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,146 (7%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Story County, Iowa in 1999 - 2019:
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (913)
- Unspecified dementia (580)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (557)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (469)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (408)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (384)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (302)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (218)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (198)
- Respiratory failure, unspecified (84)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 11,880
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 363
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 28,306
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,103
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 642
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 5
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 37
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 98
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 14
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 82.4. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 38.6
- Other - 43.8
Household type by relationship:
Households: 99,673- Male householders: 21,335 (6,616 living alone), Female householders: 18,196 (4,733 living alone)
17,525 spouses (17,448 opposite-sex spouses), 2,210 unmarried partners, (2,210 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 17,791 children (17,139 natural, 150 adopted, 502 stepchildren), 264 grandchildren, 713 brothers or sisters, 339 parents, 52 foster children, 260 other relatives, 8,073 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 12,915
Size of family households: 10,295 2-persons, 3,888 3-persons, 4,019 4-persons, 1,603 5-persons, 365 6-persons, 149 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 11,349 1-person, 5,029 2-persons, 1,588 3-persons, 880 4-persons, 366 5-persons.
13,020 married couples with children.
2,255 single-parent households (677 men, 1,578 women).
88.0% of residents of Story speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
5.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $607,500,000 ($7,556 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $20,261,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $136,919,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $70,666,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $13,725,000
Federal grants: $157,694,000
Federal procurement contracts: $164,916,000 ($9,167,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $63,580,000 ($5,278,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $183,079,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,244,000
Federal Government insurance: $100,227,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,743Here: | 59 per 1000 residents |
State: | 66 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,413
Here: | 30 per 1000 residents |
State: | 48 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +3,008
Here: | +38 per 1000 residents |
State: | +10 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -5,286
Here: | -66 per 1000 residents |
State: | -14 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.39 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 7.2 |
State: | 6.8 |
Here: | 3.9 |
State: | 4.2 |
- Year house built in Story County, Iowa
- 5462020 or later
- 7,1532010 to 2019
- 6,6542000 to 2009
- 4,6591990 to 1999
- 2,9311980 to 1989
- 6,0421970 to 1979
- 3,3821960 to 1969
- 3,2121950 to 1959
- 1,2251940 to 1949
- 6,1671939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Story County, Iowa
- 281 room
- 02 rooms
- 5673 rooms
- 1,1954 rooms
- 3,1245 rooms
- 3,3576 rooms
- 3,5557 rooms
- 3,6428 rooms
- 6,0049+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Story County, Iowa
- 8711 room
- 1,2132 rooms
- 5,1253 rooms
- 4,9404 rooms
- 1,7545 rooms
- 2,3316 rooms
- 8287 rooms
- 2948 rooms
- 7039+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Story County, Iowa
- 28no bedroom
- 4651 bedroom
- 3,1692 bedrooms
- 9,5403 bedrooms
- 5,2024 bedrooms
- 3,0685+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Story County, Iowa
- 999no bedroom
- 4,1951 bedroom
- 7,3512 bedrooms
- 3,0133 bedrooms
- 1,9864 bedrooms
- 5155+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Story County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 233no vehicle
- 4,9611 vehicle
- 9,1852 vehicles
- 5,0553 vehicles
- 1,5474 vehicles
- 4915+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Story County in renter-occupied apartments
- 2,429no vehicle
- 7,0421 vehicle
- 5,4582 vehicles
- 1,5903 vehicles
- 1,1744 vehicles
- 3665+ vehicles
73.7% of Story County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Iowa.
Story County: | 73.7% |
State average: | 87.2% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 61,442
- Other state: 28,852
- Northeast: 1,768
- Midwest: 18,767
- South: 4,002
- West: 4,315
- 78.8%Utility gas
- 10.8%Electricity
- 8.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.2%Other fuel
- 0.2%Wood
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 49.7%Utility gas
- 45.3%Electricity
- 3.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.8%Other fuel
- 0.5%No fuel used
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 20.1% |
Iowa: | 10.6% |
Here: | 5.0% |
Iowa: | 7.9% |
Here: | 1.4% |
Iowa: | 23.9% |
Story County government finances - Expenditure in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,962,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $21,853,000
Other: $1,830,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $2,463,000
General - Other: $1,064,000
Hospitals: $483,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $23,498,000
Regular Highways: $6,005,000
Police Protection: $5,162,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,014,000
Health - Other: $3,951,000
General - Other: $3,035,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,648,000
Central Staff Services: $2,100,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,091,000
General Public Buildings: $1,923,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,152,000
Financial Administration: $804,000
Natural Resources - Other: $724,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $272,000
Housing and Community Development: $133,000
Solid Waste Management: $79,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,055,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Libraries: $306,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $869,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $32,090,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,341,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,825,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,076,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,921,000
Interest Earnings: $583,000
Sale of Property: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $864,000
General - Other: $796,000
Hospitals: $648,000
Natural Resources - Other: $34,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,447,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $53,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $4,384,000
Public Welfare: $2,053,000
General Local Government Support: $1,806,000
Other: $860,000
Health and Hospitals: $380,000
- Tax - Property: $27,785,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,198,000
Public Utilities Sales: $247,000
Story County government finances - Revenue in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,962,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $21,853,000
Other: $1,830,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $2,463,000
General - Other: $1,064,000
Hospitals: $483,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $23,498,000
Regular Highways: $6,005,000
Police Protection: $5,162,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,014,000
Health - Other: $3,951,000
General - Other: $3,035,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,648,000
Central Staff Services: $2,100,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,091,000
General Public Buildings: $1,923,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,152,000
Financial Administration: $804,000
Natural Resources - Other: $724,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $272,000
Housing and Community Development: $133,000
Solid Waste Management: $79,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,055,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Libraries: $306,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $869,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $32,090,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,341,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,825,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,076,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,921,000
Interest Earnings: $583,000
Sale of Property: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $864,000
General - Other: $796,000
Hospitals: $648,000
Natural Resources - Other: $34,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,447,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $53,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $4,384,000
Public Welfare: $2,053,000
General Local Government Support: $1,806,000
Other: $860,000
Health and Hospitals: $380,000
- Tax - Property: $27,785,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,198,000
Public Utilities Sales: $247,000
Story County government finances - Debt in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,962,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $21,853,000
Other: $1,830,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $2,463,000
General - Other: $1,064,000
Hospitals: $483,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $23,498,000
Regular Highways: $6,005,000
Police Protection: $5,162,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,014,000
Health - Other: $3,951,000
General - Other: $3,035,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,648,000
Central Staff Services: $2,100,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,091,000
General Public Buildings: $1,923,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,152,000
Financial Administration: $804,000
Natural Resources - Other: $724,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $272,000
Housing and Community Development: $133,000
Solid Waste Management: $79,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,055,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Libraries: $306,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $869,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $32,090,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,341,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,825,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,076,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,921,000
Interest Earnings: $583,000
Sale of Property: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $864,000
General - Other: $796,000
Hospitals: $648,000
Natural Resources - Other: $34,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,447,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $53,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $4,384,000
Public Welfare: $2,053,000
General Local Government Support: $1,806,000
Other: $860,000
Health and Hospitals: $380,000
- Tax - Property: $27,785,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,198,000
Public Utilities Sales: $247,000
Story County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,962,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $21,853,000
Other: $1,830,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $2,463,000
General - Other: $1,064,000
Hospitals: $483,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $23,498,000
Regular Highways: $6,005,000
Police Protection: $5,162,000
Correctional Institutions: $4,014,000
Health - Other: $3,951,000
General - Other: $3,035,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,648,000
Central Staff Services: $2,100,000
Parks and Recreation: $2,091,000
General Public Buildings: $1,923,000
Public Welfare - Other: $1,152,000
Financial Administration: $804,000
Natural Resources - Other: $724,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation - Other: $272,000
Housing and Community Development: $133,000
Solid Waste Management: $79,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,055,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Libraries: $306,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Other: $869,000
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $32,090,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $31,341,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,825,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $28,076,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $1,921,000
Interest Earnings: $583,000
Sale of Property: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $864,000
General - Other: $796,000
Hospitals: $648,000
Natural Resources - Other: $34,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $29,447,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $53,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $4,384,000
Public Welfare: $2,053,000
General Local Government Support: $1,806,000
Other: $860,000
Health and Hospitals: $380,000
- Tax - Property: $27,785,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $2,198,000
Public Utilities Sales: $247,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 577
- Number of aged recipients: 41
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 536
- Number of recipients under 18: 69
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 434
- Number of recipients older than 64: 74
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 220
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 232
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 19 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 379 | $140,005 | 666 | $142,002 | 2,136 | $149,599 | 226 | $58,527 | 34 | $1,120,882 | 106 | $101,858 | 22 | $25,000 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 10 | $126,000 | 50 | $138,500 | 227 | $152,859 | 6 | $124,167 | 1 | $1,000,000 | 12 | $115,583 | 7 | $67,714 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 38 | $145,000 | 90 | $90,011 | 323 | $159,201 | 44 | $55,182 | 1 | $327,000 | 16 | $85,125 | 37 | $29,216 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 30 | $137,667 | 58 | $136,241 | 362 | $155,622 | 15 | $69,200 | 0 | $0 | 14 | $111,500 | 5 | $101,800 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 5 | $106,800 | 10 | $114,800 | 41 | $160,268 | 2 | $116,000 | 0 | $0 | 1 | $84,000 | 5 | $29,000 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 17 full tracts) | ||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 140 | $156,764 | 142 | $176,366 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 21 | $168,714 | 34 | $176,265 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 8 | $123,000 | 19 | $177,316 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 6 | $84,833 | 11 | $182,364 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 3 | $127,667 | 2 | $131,000 |
Most common first names in Story County, IA among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
John | 285 | 76.9 years |
Mary | 259 | 81.9 years |
Robert | 226 | 72.2 years |
William | 218 | 75.8 years |
Charles | 179 | 76.5 years |
James | 177 | 71.4 years |
Helen | 171 | 82.1 years |
George | 162 | 78.4 years |
Ruth | 151 | 82.9 years |
Margaret | 146 | 84.0 years |
Most common last names in Story County, IA among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Johnson | 179 | 80.6 years |
Anderson | 171 | 79.4 years |
Thompson | 137 | 77.4 years |
Olson | 131 | 79.6 years |
Smith | 130 | 78.3 years |
Larson | 108 | 81.1 years |
Peterson | 91 | 77.9 years |
Miller | 90 | 76.2 years |
Nelson | 89 | 81.4 years |
Brown | 75 | 78.3 years |
Businesses in Story County, IA | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ALDI | 1 | Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | |
AT&T | 1 | Long John Silver's | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Marriott | 1 | |
Aeropostale | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 4 | |
AmericInn | 1 | Maurices | 1 | |
American Eagle Outfitters | 1 | McDonald's | 5 | |
Applebee's | 1 | Microtel | 1 | |
Arby's | 2 | New Balance | 7 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Nike | 4 | |
Best Western | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Buffalo Wild Wings | 1 | Panda Express | 1 | |
Burger King | 2 | Panera Bread | 1 | |
Caribou Coffee | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 2 | |
Carson Pirie Scott | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Penske | 1 | |
Cold Stone Creamery | 1 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
Comfort Inn | 2 | Qdoba Mexican Grill | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | Quality | 1 | |
Dairy Queen | 5 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Days Inn | 1 | RadioShack | 2 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | Red Lobster | 1 | |
DressBarn | 1 | SAS Shoes | 1 | |
Dressbarn | 1 | Sam's Club | 1 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Sears | 1 | |
Eddie Bauer | 1 | Sprint Nextel | 1 | |
Express | 1 | Staples | 1 | |
FedEx | 11 | Starbucks | 3 | |
Foot Locker | 1 | Subway | 10 | |
Ford | 2 | Super 8 | 2 | |
GNC | 1 | T-Mobile | 5 | |
GameStop | 1 | Target | 1 | |
Gap | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
Goodwill | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
H&R Block | 3 | U-Haul | 2 | |
Hilton | 2 | U.S. Cellular | 4 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | UPS | 19 | |
Holiday Inn | 2 | Vans | 1 | |
Honda | 1 | Verizon Wireless | 2 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Victoria's Secret | 1 | |
Jones New York | 4 | Village Inn | 1 | |
Journeys | 1 | Walgreens | 1 | |
Justice | 1 | Walmart | 2 | |
KFC | 1 | Wendy's | 2 | |
Kmart | 1 | YMCA | 1 |
Story County on our top lists:
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"