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Mason City, IA Urban Area

25,628 Population
14.7 square miles 1,746 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,071 ±$1,825 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,576 ±$3,481 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±2% (3,119  ±504) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.6 minutes ±1.2 (167,165  ±16,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,209 ±329 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (25,169  ±343) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.8% ±5.1% (629  ±272) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,711 ±259 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,100 ±$8,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±2.4% (3,356  ±616.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±4.6% (17,139  ±896.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.3% ±2.3% (3,729  ±429.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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% ±0.8% (846  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±1.2% (1,676  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,676 Total veterans ±247 1,565 Male ±242 111 Female ±77

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