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Mason City city, Cerro Gordo County, IA

27,050 Population
28.2 square miles 958.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cerro Gordo County: 44 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,494 ±$1,769 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cerro Gordo County: $41,560 ±$2,628
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,804 ±$3,257 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cerro Gordo County: $68,189 ±$2,473
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±2% (3,155  ±513) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 10.6% † 4,406 (±1.4% / ±594)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.5 minutes ±1.2 (174,225  ±16,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cerro Gordo County: 15.6 305,225 (±0.7 / ±17,033)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,698 ±306 Number of households
  • Cerro Gordo County: 19,538 ±376
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (26,262  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cerro Gordo County: 2.1 41,563 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.4% ±4.9% (637  ±275) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 10.3% † 863 (±3.6% / ±302)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,240 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Cerro Gordo County: 22,786 ±38
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$142,000 ±$8,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cerro Gordo County: $166,400 ±$6,119
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±2.4% (3,548  ±627.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 11.4% † 4,810 (±1.7% / ±701.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±4.6% (18,065  ±925.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 94.8% 29,077 (±3.5% / ±1,095.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.8% ±2.3% (4,011  ±446) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 24% 7,357 (±1.8% / ±540.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±0.7% (899  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 2.6% 1,095
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±1.2% (1,864  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cerro Gordo County: 7.9% † 2,669 (±0.8% / ±270)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,864 Total veterans ±263 1,706 Male ±247 158 Female ±93

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