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50457

463 Population
34 square miles 13.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$25,733 ±$6,541 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $41,222 ±$2,252
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$47,250 ±$12,544 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $68,926 ±$2,257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

17.9% ±9.6% (83  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,999 (±1.2% / ±605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

23.1 minutes ±24.2 (3,610  ±1,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 16.5 377,885 (±0.7 / ±18,122)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

171 ±70 Number of households
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 22,716 ±399
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.7 ±0.1 (463  ±190) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.2 48,837 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

2.3% ±3.1% (2  ±3) 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

206 ±70 Number of housing units
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 26,260 ±42
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$90,800 ±$58,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $162,900 ±$5,453
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

2% ±4.1% (9  ±19.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 11% † 5,423 (±1.5% / ±728.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

84.9% ±44.7% (258  ±86.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 94.6% 34,096 (±3.1% / ±1,133.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
10.2% ±9% (31  ±30) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 23.3% 8,382 (±1.5% / ±553.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

3% ±3.7% (14  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.3% 1,160
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

9.2% ±6.4% (30  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 8.1% 3,201 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
30 Total veterans ±24 30 Male ±24 N/A Female ±10

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