Kilbourne vs Mason City

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

Kilbourne 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 272 in Kilbourne). Mason City has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $40,625 in Kilbourne). Mason City has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $69,200 in Kilbourne).

Population, income & housing

	Kilbourne	Mason City
Population	272	2,094
Median age	33.5 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$64,250
Median home value	$69,200	$92,200
Median gross rent	$695	$785
Housing units	142	1,124
Homeownership rate	67.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilbourne	Mason City
Population	274 → 272 (-0.7%)	2,370 → 2,094 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$39,821 → $40,625 (+2.0%)	$39,485 → $64,250 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $69,200 (+27.4%)	$76,600 → $92,200 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $695 (+3.7%)	$596 → $785 (+31.7%)

Kilbourne

Population

274272

Median household income

$39,821$40,625

Median home value

$54,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$670$695

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)

	Kilbourne	Mason City
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	32.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.2%
75 and over	5.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilbourne	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	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	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilbourne	Mason City
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilbourne	Mason City
Drove alone	96.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	2.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilbourne	Mason City
1-unit, detached	90.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Kilbourne	Mason City
Poverty rate	20.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1962	1952