Ansley vs Mason City

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

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

Ansley has the higher population (605 vs 175 in Mason City). Ansley has the higher median household income ($70,694 vs $49,917 in Mason City). Mason City has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $81,500 in Ansley).

Population, income & housing

	Ansley	Mason City
Population	605	175
Median age	33.1 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,694	$49,917
Median home value	$81,500	$175,700
Median gross rent	$1,004	$778
Housing units	276	110
Homeownership rate	66.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansley	Mason City
Population	471 → 605 (+28.5%)	198 → 175 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $70,694 (+28.5%)	$35,341 → $49,917 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $81,500 (+31.5%)	$43,200 → $175,700 (+306.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $1,004 (+41.0%)	$569 → $778 (+36.7%)

Ansley

Population

471605

Median household income

$55,000$70,694

Median home value

$62,000$81,500

Median gross rent

$712$1,004

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)

	Ansley	Mason City
Under 5	6.3%	10.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	0.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	17.1%
25 to 34	20.0%	26.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	4.6%	19.4%
75 and over	11.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansley	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansley	Mason City
No high school diploma	13.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansley	Mason City
Drove alone	90.5%	98.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	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)

	Ansley	Mason City
1-unit, detached	93.8%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Ansley	Mason City
Poverty rate	8.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938