Ames has been ranked as the second best college town in America for 2018 by livability.com.

According to their website, the results were calculated by first identifying all U.S cities with 20,000 to 350,000 people that have at least one college campus. In total, 203 cities fit the criteria.

From there, the top 10 scores were calculated with the following criteria: 30 percent of the score comes from from the ratio of the city’s median salary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to it’s July 2018 median one bedroom rent from ABODO listings, 30 percent from the percentage of the population being age 20-29, 20 percent from the number of jobs in the education sector per 1,000 jobs in the city and 20 percent from the ratio of the median salary in the city to the nation for jobs in education, according to their website.

The ranking highlighted popular spots in Ames, such as the Great Plains Sauce & Dough Co., Welch Ave Station and Main Street.

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