Anselmo vs Mason City

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

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

Mason City has the higher population (175 vs 90 in Anselmo). Anselmo has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $49,917 in Mason City). Mason City has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $73,600 in Anselmo).

Population, income & housing

	Anselmo	Mason City
Population	90	175
Median age	52.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$49,917
Median home value	$73,600	$175,700
Median gross rent	—	$778
Housing units	61	110
Homeownership rate	83.3%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anselmo	Mason City
Population	164 → 90 (-45.1%)	198 → 175 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $65,000 (+13.0%)	$35,341 → $49,917 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$43,800 → $73,600 (+68.0%)	$43,200 → $175,700 (+306.7%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $569 (+7.2%)	$569 → $778 (+36.7%)

Anselmo

Population

16490

Median household income

$57,500$65,000

Median home value

$43,800$73,600

Median gross rent

$531$569

Mason City

Population

198175

Median household income

$35,341$49,917

Median home value

$43,200$175,700

Median gross rent

$569$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anselmo	Mason City
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	0.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	17.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	26.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	4.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	20.0%	19.4%
75 and over	11.1%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anselmo	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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	11.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anselmo	Mason City
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	24.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anselmo	Mason City
Drove alone	82.0%	98.8%
Carpooled	18.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anselmo	Mason City
1-unit, detached	82.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Anselmo	Mason City
Poverty rate	4.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1944	1938