Metro · Density Score
Ames, IA
Metro area in Iowa
46 Combined score #53 of 127 metros
- Economic
- 60 #34 of 127
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 37 #65 of 127
Ames ranks #53 overall, #65 in Startup & VC and #34 in Economy among 127 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #6 of 127: 1,913 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #15 of 121: 0.52 startup exits per year per 100k people
- #20 of 122: 66 patents per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $4.4M #71 of 127
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 2.0 #28 of 127
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.28 #22 of 127
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.52 #15 of 121
- GDP per person
- $71K #94 of 127
- Patents per 100k people
- 66 #20 of 122
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 1,913 #6 of 127
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.3% #39 of 127
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -2,340 #127 of 127
Some of this metro’s inputs are estimated or still pending.
