Easton vs Mason City

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

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

Mason City has the higher population (2,094 vs 286 in Easton). Mason City has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $62,188 in Easton). Mason City has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $89,100 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Mason City
Population	286	2,094
Median age	53.1 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	$64,250
Median home value	$89,100	$92,200
Median gross rent	$728	$785
Housing units	147	1,124
Homeownership rate	82.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Mason City
Population	309 → 286 (-7.4%)	2,370 → 2,094 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$52,778 → $62,188 (+17.8%)	$39,485 → $64,250 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $89,100 (+34.0%)	$76,600 → $92,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $728 (-2.9%)	$596 → $785 (+31.7%)

Easton

Population

309286

Median household income

$52,778$62,188

Median home value

$66,500$89,100

Median gross rent

$750$728

Mason City

Population

2,3702,094

Median household income

$39,485$64,250

Median home value

$76,600$92,200

Median gross rent

$596$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Easton	Mason City
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.2%
75 and over	8.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Mason City
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	47.0%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Mason City
Drove alone	97.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Mason City
1-unit, detached	92.5%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Mason City
Poverty rate	11.9%	16.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1941	1952