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Mason City, IL

2,094 Population
1 square miles 2,067.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mason County: 45.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,801 ±$3,584 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mason County: $34,783 ±$1,915
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$64,250 ±$16,856 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mason County: $62,127 ±$2,635
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

16.8% ±5.3% (341  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mason County: 14% † 1,778 (±2.6% / ±326)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.1 minutes ±2.9 (20,910  ±4,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mason County: 28.8 146,855 (±1.3 / ±10,195)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,009 ±110 Number of households
  • Mason County: 5,714 ±158
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2 ±0.3 (2,029  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mason County: 2.2 12,644 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

8.3% ±7.6% (34  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mason County: 6.9% † 177 (±2.6% / ±66)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,124 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Mason County: 6,615 ±54
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$92,200 ±$8,647 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mason County: $106,100 ±$4,366
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

7.8% ±3.2% (161  ±68.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mason County: 8.3% † 1,059 (±2.1% / ±265.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.1% ±6.8% (1,426  ±185.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mason County: 92.1% 8,604 (±4.4% / ±416.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
20.4% ±5.9% (322  ±99.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mason County: 17.1% † 1,595 (±2% / ±189.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.1% ±1.8% (87  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mason County: 7.7% † 785 (±1.1% / ±111)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
87 Total veterans ±33 87 Male ±33 N/A Female ±12

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