Beecher City vs Mason

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher City and Mason: population, income, housing, and more.

Beecher City and Mason are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beecher City has the higher population (419 vs 365 in Mason). Mason has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Mason has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Mason
Population	419	365
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$63,472
Median home value	$85,300	$89,300
Median gross rent	$611	$588
Housing units	209	151
Homeownership rate	61.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Mason
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	258 → 365 (+41.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$40,417 → $63,472 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$66,300 → $89,300 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$325 → $588 (+80.9%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Mason

Population

258365

Median household income

$40,417$63,472

Median home value

$66,300$89,300

Median gross rent

$325$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Mason
Under 5	7.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.1%
75 and over	5.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Mason
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Mason
No high school diploma	15.8%	15.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Mason
Drove alone	85.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Mason
1-unit, detached	70.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Mason
Poverty rate	21.2%	24.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1962	1973