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Mason City, IL

2,159 Population
1 square miles 2,131.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mason County: 45.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,074 ±$4,666 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mason County: $34,815 ±$2,109
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,524 ±$16,118 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mason County: $62,845 ±$5,651
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±5% (350  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mason County: 14.8% † 1,862 (±2.8% / ±356)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.4 minutes ±6.4 (27,540  ±8,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mason County: 30.4 147,890 (±2.2 / ±14,095)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,054 ±120 Number of households
  • Mason County: 5,781 ±164
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (2,096  ±246) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mason County: 2.2 12,517 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±5.8% (24  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mason County: 6.3% † 160 (±2.2% / ±57)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,155 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Mason County: 6,622 ±41
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,100 ±$9,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mason County: $103,400 ±$5,819
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±3.3% (127  ±72.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mason County: 7.4% † 930 (±1.7% / ±215.2)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±6.1% (1,450  ±196.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mason County: 93% 8,571 (±4.8% / ±448.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±6.9% (337  ±117.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mason County: 17.1% † 1,572 (±2.1% / ±194.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.3% ±2.2% (78  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Mason County: 8.3% † 835 (±1.1% / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
78 Total veterans ±41 69 Male ±36 9 Female ±15

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