|
| City
statistics |
 |
Neenah |
|
Ames |
|
National
Average |
| Values worse
than national average are displayed in red. |
 |
| Demographics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Population |
|
23,913 |
|
48,777 |
|
52,500 |
|
| Population
density |
|
3,135.9 |
|
2,455.6 |
|
3,011.6 |
|
| Population
change |
|
2.01% |
|
2.99% |
|
11.26% |
|
| Income
per capita |
|
$22,115 |
|
$14,446 |
|
$20,710 |
|
| Median
household income |
|
$41,800 |
|
$35,796 |
|
$43,014 |
|
| Households |
|
9,543 |
|
17,655 |
|
20,080 |
|
| People
per household |
|
2.38 |
|
2.37 |
|
2.53 |
|
| Median
age |
|
33.7 |
|
23.9 |
|
34.3 |
|
| Median
income |
|
$56,497 |
|
$40,283 |
|
$53,475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cost
of living indexes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Overall |
|
93.0 |
|
91.4 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Housing |
|
90.9 |
|
80.2 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Food
and groceries |
|
95.1 |
|
89.1 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Transportation |
|
95.7 |
|
100.3 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Utilities |
|
89.1 |
|
101.7 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Health
care |
|
94.5 |
|
102.2 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Miscellaneous |
|
93.9 |
|
97.8 |
|
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Schools |
|
Neenah |
|
Ames |
|
National
Average |
|
| School
ratings |
|
5.10 |
|
9.80 |
|
4.80 |
|
| Expenditure
per student |
|
$5,547 |
|
$5,202 |
|
$5,700 |
|
| Student/teacher
ratio |
|
16.9 |
|
16.0 |
|
17.9 |
|
| High
school graduates |
|
83.42% |
|
89.38% |
|
78.50% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Degree
holders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| College
degree - 2 year |
|
10.26% |
|
8.04% |
|
7.48% |
|
| College
degree - 4 year |
|
18.36% |
|
29.65% |
|
16.74% |
|
| Graduate
degree |
|
5.37% |
|
29.33% |
|
8.26% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Crime |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Violent
crime |
|
209.7 |
|
79.4 |
|
496.4 |
|
| Property
crime |
|
2,750.1 |
|
2,119.7 |
|
4,532.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Housing |
|
Neenah |
|
Ames |
|
National
Average |
|
| House
median value |
|
$102,300 |
|
$88,400 |
|
$134,100 |
|
| Home
appreciation |
|
9.29% |
|
2.06% |
|
4.83% |
|
| Property
tax |
|
$21.90 |
|
$19.50 |
|
$16.40 |
|
| Commute
time |
|
13.9 |
|
11.9 |
|
19.2 |
|
| Commute
by bus |
|
0.89% |
|
6.20% |
|
2.74% |
|
| Commute
by carpool |
|
6.89% |
|
10.12% |
|
13.38% |
|
| Commute
by own car |
|
86.88% |
|
57.94% |
|
75.44% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Economy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Unemployment
rate |
|
3.30% |
|
3.34% |
|
4.44% |
|
| Recent
job growth |
|
6.11% |
|
-0.64% |
|
1.88% |
|
| Future
job growth |
|
20.71% |
|
17.36% |
|
18.32% |
|
| Sales
tax |
|
5.40% |
|
5.90% |
|
5.42% |
|
| Income
tax rate |
|
6.93% |
|
7.92% |
|
4.62% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Health |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Health
cost index |
|
94.5 |
|
102.2 |
|
100.0 |
|
| Physicians
available |
|
218.0 |
|
165.2 |
|
225.8 |
|
| Air
quality |
|
95.9 |
|
97.6 |
|
87.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Climate |
|
Neenah |
|
Ames |
|
National
Average |
|
| Comfort
index |
|
38 |
|
28 |
|
35 |
|
| Altitude |
|
682 |
|
938 |
|
770 |
|
| Rainfall |
|
27.0 |
|
31.8 |
|
34.5 |
|
| Snowfall |
|
43.0 |
|
33.0 |
|
23.8 |
|
| Precipitation
days |
|
120 |
|
106 |
|
108 |
|
| Sunny
days |
|
192 |
|
203 |
|
214 |
|
| Days
warmer than 90 degrees |
|
7 |
|
26 |
|
34 |
|
| Days
colder than 32 degrees |
|
163 |
|
137 |
|
82 |
|
| Average
temperature in July |
|
80.7 |
|
86.0 |
|
86.0 |
|
| Average
temperature in January |
|
6.90 |
|
11.0 |
|
27.2 |
|
| Average
wind speed |
|
10 |
|
11 |
|
9 |
|
|
|
