Ames, Texas.
. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+93%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Living in Ames, Liberty County, Texas
Ames is a city of 937 people in Liberty County. Unemployment in Liberty County was 6.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Liberty County work in construction, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Ames is a small city in Liberty County, Texas, with a population small enough that neighbors are likely to know one another. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with August the warmest month. Rain is plentiful through the year, wetter than much of the country.
Work. Residents work mostly in the building trades, in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing and in shops. Across Liberty County, some of the largest workplaces are Cleveland ISD, Dayton ISD and Cleveland Emergency Hospital. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than is typical, and very few work from home.
Things to do. The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, a museum, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Lake Houston, a reservoir, and to the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area. Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center, also a protected area, is another longer drive.
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- 9%of adults have a degree
- 24 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What people in Liberty County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Liberty County had 20,335 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 41°; warmest in August, with highs near 94° and lows near 74°. About 63 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Liberty weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Liberty County
- Cleveland ISDSchool district1,900FTE
- Dayton ISDSchool district806FTE
- Liberty ISDSchool district357FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters351
- Cleveland Emergency HospitalGeneral hospital317FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters303
- Tarkington ISDSchool district246FTE
- Dragon Products LibertyTanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing221
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 43 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,416 people in all across the county; Ames has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ames’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Liberty County and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
Ames home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Ames address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ames — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.