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1,617 Population
98.6 square miles 16.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±4 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

$47,826 ±$9,186 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $41,222 ±$2,252
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$73,403 ±$14,897 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $68,926 ±$2,257
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

12% ±8.1% (193  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,999 (±1.2% / ±605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

23.9 minutes ±7 (17,540  ±3,554) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 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

653 ±93 Number of households
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 22,716 ±399
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.5 ±0.2 (1,617  ±254) Persons per household
  • about 20 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

5.2% ±5.9% (18  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 9.6% † 937 (±3.1% / ±300)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

707 ±96 Number of housing units
  • the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 26,260 ±42
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$173,700 ±$65,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: $162,900 ±$5,453
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

6.6% ±3.9% (104  ±63.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 11% † 5,423 (±1.5% / ±728.8)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

96.4% ±19.2% (1,026  ±142.6) 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)
23.4% ±5.8% (249  ±71.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 23.3% 8,382 (±1.5% / ±553.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.7% ±0.8% (11  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Mason City, IA Micro Area: 2.3% 1,160
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

7.1% ±3.9% (87  ±49) 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)
87 Total veterans ±49 87 Male ±49 N/A Female ±10

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