Lansing vs Mason

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

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

Lansing has the higher population (112,546 vs 8,239 in Mason). Mason has the higher median household income ($79,521 vs $52,170 in Lansing). Mason has the higher median home value ($194,600 vs $119,400 in Lansing).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Mason
Population	112,546	8,239
Median age	33.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,170	$79,521
Median home value	$119,400	$194,600
Median gross rent	$976	$1,103
Housing units	55,628	3,621
Homeownership rate	53.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Mason
Population	117,159 → 112,546 (-3.9%)	8,487 → 8,239 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$41,674 → $52,170 (+25.2%)	$59,388 → $79,521 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $119,400 (+43.0%)	$135,000 → $194,600 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $976 (+19.2%)	$962 → $1,103 (+14.7%)

Lansing

Population

117,159112,546

Median household income

$41,674$52,170

Median home value

$83,500$119,400

Median gross rent

$819$976

Mason

Population

8,4878,239

Median household income

$59,388$79,521

Median home value

$135,000$194,600

Median gross rent

$962$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Mason
Under 5	6.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.4%
75 and over	4.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Mason
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	22.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	5.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Mason
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Mason
Drove alone	67.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.6%
Public transit	3.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	13.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Mason
1-unit, detached	62.5%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	21.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Mason
Poverty rate	19.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1960	1980