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Mason City city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Mason City city is a Census city of 2,159 people across 1.01 square miles of land, in Mason County. Median household income is $66,524, 78.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $500,000.
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Mason City
What Mason City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.01 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,131
- County holding the largest share of its areaMason County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mason City
- Population2,159
- Median age49.8
- Population under 18326 plus or minus 106
- Share under 1815.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over527 plus or minus 116
- Share 65 and over24.4 percent
- Households1,054
- Family households558
- Share of households that are families52.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mason City
- Median household income$66,524 plus or minus $16,118
- Per capita income$34,074
- Civilian labor force1,015
- Employed972
- Unemployed43 plus or minus 25
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over1,595
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.1 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mason City
- Housing units1,155
- Occupied units1,054
- Vacant units101 plus or minus 74
- Vacancy rate8.7 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied825
- Renter occupied229 plus or minus 89
- Ownership rate78.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$91,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$767 plus or minus $348
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Single family units1,046
- Share single family90.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more65 plus or minus 56
- Share in buildings of two or more5.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes44 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mason City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute850
- Commuting under 15 minutes293 plus or minus 118
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.5 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more454 plus or minus 112
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.4 percent
- Drove alone82.1 percent
- Carpooled4.3 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.8 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mason City (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$500,000
- Average approval$500,000
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Mason City
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number171108
- Currently effective map date01/17/25
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Mason County, not Mason City
Mason County context, not Mason City figures
These are Mason County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mason City measurements.
- Establishments in Mason County255
- Employment at those establishments, Mason County1,974
- Covered employment, Mason County2,828
- Average annual pay, Mason County$42,271
- Average weekly wage, Mason County$813
- Housing units permitted, Mason County6
- Of those, single family, Mason County6
- County product, 2024, Mason County$633,778,000
- County product change over the prior year, Mason County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Mason County$43,626
Every figure in this section is published for Mason County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mason City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mason City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mason City, Illinois?
2,159, in 1,054 households. Mason City city covers 1.01 square miles of land, which is 2,131 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mason City in?
Mason County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mason City?
$66,524. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $91,100. Median gross rent is $767 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mason City businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $500,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $500,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mason City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mason City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mason City. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Mason City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mason City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 171108, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Mason City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Mason County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mason City.
Is zoning published for Mason City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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