2 ZIP codes with 100 or more permits on homes in the City of Ames, October 2023 through September 2026. 50010 is the busiest with 3,190 permits (58% of the 5,518 in Ames). Each permit is counted at its property's ZIP code, for the 7 kinds of home work we track.
Busiest first. Top trade is the trade with the most permits in that ZIP code; contractors are distinct business names with at least one permit there. A ZIP code opens its page: permits by trade, the most active firms and usual filed values.
Source: City of Ames residential permits (one record per permit). The window is October 2023 through September 2026.
Counted: permits on homes for the kinds of work we track (HVAC, water heater, electrical, plumbing, deck & porch, remodel & repair, new home) where the record names a contractor, placed by the ZIP code of the permit's address (or its parcel's). The pages with a ZIP code cover 5,517 of the 5,518 permits; 1 had no usable ZIP code.
Not counted: commercial work, trades we don't read, and owner-pulled permits. A ZIP code does not follow city or county lines; these count only permits in the City of Ames.