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Mason City, IA Micro Area

50,165 Population
968.4 square miles 51.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$40,034 ±$2,293 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$66,394 ±$2,130 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

9.1% ±1.2% (4,450  ±581) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

16.8 minutes ±0.6 (393,025  ±18,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

22,616 ±383 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0 (49,025  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.4% ±2.8% (917  ±268) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

26,217 ±48 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$152,100 ±$6,951 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.5% ±1.4% (5,700  ±683) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

94.4% ±3% (33,996  ±1,086.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.6% ±1.5% (8,510  ±551.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.9% (960  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.7% ±0.8% (3,068  ±302) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,068 Total veterans ±302 2,745 Male ±248 323 Female ±124

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