Havana vs Mason City

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

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

Havana has the higher population (3,176 vs 2,094 in Mason City). Mason City has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $55,428 in Havana). Havana has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $92,200 in Mason City).

Population, income & housing

	Havana	Mason City
Population	3,176	2,094
Median age	41.7 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,428	$64,250
Median home value	$95,200	$92,200
Median gross rent	$716	$785
Housing units	1,607	1,124
Homeownership rate	69.7%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havana	Mason City
Population	3,197 → 3,176 (-0.7%)	2,370 → 2,094 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $55,428 (+37.1%)	$39,485 → $64,250 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $95,200 (+27.1%)	$76,600 → $92,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $716 (+8.6%)	$596 → $785 (+31.7%)

Havana

Population

3,1973,176

Median household income

$40,417$55,428

Median home value

$74,900$95,200

Median gross rent

$659$716

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)

	Havana	Mason City
Under 5	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.2%
75 and over	12.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havana	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havana	Mason City
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havana	Mason City
Drove alone	81.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havana	Mason City
1-unit, detached	80.4%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Havana	Mason City
Poverty rate	20.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1959	1952