Mason City, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Mason City village is a very small community in Nebraska, with 175 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #374 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 36% of them. The median age here is 27.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Mason City village earn a median of $49,917 a year, 36.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 12.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mason City village is valued at $175,700, 42.1% below the national figure and 9% above the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $778 a month, 44.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,336 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 79.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 27.8 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 175 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Mason City village against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.