Story City, Iowa

Demographics

People

Total Population	3,423
Male Share of the Population	42.5%
Female Share of the Population	57.5%
Senior Citizens	24.5%
Employed Population 16+	1,622
Age of the Population	47

Families

% of people married	54.7%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	29.3%
Median Earnings25+	$41,103
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$30,568
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$40,701

Wealth

Median Family Income	$68,229
% Above Poverty Level	86.2%
% Below Poverty Level	13.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	18 minutes
% Working from Home	4.2%
% Walking and Biking to Work	5%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	33.3%
Median Gross Rent	$700
Median House Value	$146,500

Ancestry

German	31.6%
Norwegian	21.5%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	10.9%
Irish	8.9%
English	8.6%
Swedish	6.4%
Italian	3.1%
Scottish	2.6%
French Except Basque	2.5%
Dutch	2.5%
Polish	1.9%
Welsh	1.7%
Danishn	1.7%
Russian	0.9%
Luxemburger	0.5%
Swiss	0.5%
Serbian	0.4%
Hungarian	0.4%
Arab	0.4%
Lebanese	0.4%
Syrian	0.4%
Canadian	0.3%
Finnish	0.2%
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Story City Almanac

Category	Value
County	Story County
Standard Zip Codes	50248
Phone Area Codes	515
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	42.18
Approximate Longitude	-93.59

Story City Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	AMES 8 WSW
Distance	14.7 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 27 F
Apr Temp	38 to 62 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	41 to 64 F
Annual Precip	34 inches

Station	BOONE
Distance	17.6 miles
Jan Temp	7 to 28 F
Apr Temp	37 to 60 F
Jul Temp	63 to 85 F
Oct Temp	39 to 64 F
Annual Precip	36.3 inches

Station	ANKENY
Distance	32.6 miles
Jan Temp	9 to 28 F
Apr Temp	37 to 60 F
Jul Temp	64 to 86 F
Oct Temp	39 to 63 F
Annual Precip	33.3 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Ames	64,073	$78,323
Ellsworth	574	$63,750
Gilbert	1,183	$93,472
McCallsburg	325	$51,667
Randall	188	$63,750
Roland	1,312	$80,500

Story City Public Libraries

Bertha Bartlett Public Library
503 BROAD ST
Story City, Iowa
(515) 733-2685

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Story City Hospitals

Story City Memorial Hospital
(Government - Local)
812 Elm Avenue
(515) 733-5121

Story City Public Schools

Roland-story Elementary School
900 Hillcrest Dr
ZIP: 50248
(515) 733-4386
Primary
Total Enrollment 467

Roland-story High School
1009 Story St
ZIP: 50248
(515) 733-4329
High
Total Enrollment 308

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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