Mason City vs Ventura

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

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

Mason City has the higher population (27,135 vs 708 in Ventura). Ventura has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $62,369 in Mason City). Ventura has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $130,000 in Mason City).

Population, income & housing

	Mason City	Ventura
Population	27,135	708
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,369	$83,125
Median home value	$130,000	$344,800
Median gross rent	$874	$1,016
Housing units	14,117	359
Homeownership rate	67.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason City	Ventura
Population	27,200 → 27,135 (-0.2%)	865 → 708 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$50,397 → $62,369 (+23.8%)	$75,938 → $83,125 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $130,000 (+13.1%)	$191,400 → $344,800 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $874 (+20.9%)	$1,018 → $1,016 (-0.2%)

Mason City

Population

27,20027,135

Median household income

$50,397$62,369

Median home value

$114,900$130,000

Median gross rent

$723$874

Ventura

Population

865708

Median household income

$75,938$83,125

Median home value

$191,400$344,800

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mason City	Ventura
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.9%
75 and over	9.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason City	Ventura
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	97.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason City	Ventura
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason City	Ventura
Drove alone	79.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason City	Ventura
1-unit, detached	76.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mason City	Ventura
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1955	1970