Arnold vs Mason City

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

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

Arnold has the higher population (887 vs 175 in Mason City). Arnold has the higher median household income ($63,214 vs $49,917 in Mason City). Mason City has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $118,200 in Arnold).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Mason City
Population	887	175
Median age	31.5 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$49,917
Median home value	$118,200	$175,700
Median gross rent	$850	$778
Housing units	340	110
Homeownership rate	70.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Mason City
Population	802 → 887 (+10.6%)	198 → 175 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$55,982 → $63,214 (+12.9%)	$35,341 → $49,917 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $118,200 (+44.0%)	$43,200 → $175,700 (+306.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $850 (+47.8%)	$569 → $778 (+36.7%)

Arnold

Population

802887

Median household income

$55,982$63,214

Median home value

$82,100$118,200

Median gross rent

$575$850

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)

	Arnold	Mason City
Under 5	17.4%	10.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	0.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	17.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	26.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	4.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	19.4%
75 and over	9.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Mason City
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Mason City
Drove alone	60.2%	98.8%
Carpooled	30.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Mason City
1-unit, detached	93.5%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Mason City
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1960	1938