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Mason City, IA Micro Area

49,982 Population
968.4 square miles 51.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,222 ±$2,252 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,926 ±$2,257 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.2% ±1.2% (4,999  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±0.7 (377,885  ±18,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,716 ±399 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (48,837  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±3.1% (937  ±300) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,260 ±42 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,900 ±$5,453 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±1.5% (5,423  ±728.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±3.1% (34,096  ±1,133.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.3% ±1.5% (8,382  ±553.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

2.3% (1,160  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±0.8% (3,201  ±298) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,201 Total veterans ±298 2,931 Male ±266 270 Female ±113

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