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50456

1,699 Population
49.9 square miles 34 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$36,771 ±$3,174 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $41,222 ±$2,252
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$81,339 ±$8,456 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $68,926 ±$2,257
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

5.6% ±3.3% (93  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,999 (±1.2% / ±605)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

20.8 minutes ±2 (18,945  ±3,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 16.5 377,885 (±0.7 / ±18,122)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

688 ±72 Number of households
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 22,716 ±399
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.4 (1,667  ±169) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.2 48,837 (±0 / ±26)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

2.2% ±1.9% (7  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 9.6% † 937 (±3.1% / ±300)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

777 ±82 Number of housing units
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 26,260 ±42
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$124,700 ±$29,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $162,900 ±$5,453
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

11.3% ±5.3% (192  ±91.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 11% † 5,423 (±1.5% / ±728.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

96% ±8.6% (1,161  ±148.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 94.6% 34,096 (±3.1% / ±1,133.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
17% ±4.5% (205  ±57.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 23.3% 8,382 (±1.5% / ±553.6)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.4% ±2.8% (101  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 8.1% 3,201 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
101 Total veterans ±39 99 Male ±39 2 Female ±3

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