Mason City, Iowa Demographics

Mason City is 7th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Mason City is 12th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Size in square miles

Mason City is 14th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail sales

Mason City is 15th in Iowa out of 75 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mason City is 16th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Current population (2012)

Mason City is 16th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Households

Mason City is 16th in Iowa out of 81 other cities in Housing units

Mason City is 19th in Iowa out of 74 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Current population (2012)	27,823	16th	3,074,186	313,914,040
Size in square miles	27.8	12th	55,857.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,009.8	66th	54.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	62nd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.9%	65th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	34th	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.1%	37th	90.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.3%	44th	24.9%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Race - White	93.8%	36th	92.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	39th	3.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	26th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	43rd	2.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	28th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	25th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.6%	42nd	88.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Female residents	51.8%	32nd	50.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	46th	4.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Housing units	13,352	16th	1,340,529	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.2%	59th	18.5%	25.9%
Households	12,889	16th	1,219,137	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.8%	52nd	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$97,500	49th	$121,300	$186,200
People per household	2.1	76th	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Income per capita	$25,580	28th	$26,110	$27,915
Income per household	$41,561	57th	$50,451	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.1%	22nd	11.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mason City	Rank	Iowa	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,537	15th	259,931	27,092,908
Retail sales	$718,970	14th	$39,234,649	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$26,203	7th	$13,172	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$55,410	19th	$4,737,719	$613,795,732