Comstock vs Mason City

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

Comstock 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 77 in Comstock). Comstock has the higher median household income ($55,278 vs $49,917 in Mason City). Mason City has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $83,100 in Comstock).

Population, income & housing

	Comstock	Mason City
Population	77	175
Median age	42.8 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,278	$49,917
Median home value	$83,100	$175,700
Median gross rent	—	$778
Housing units	66	110
Homeownership rate	65.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comstock	Mason City
Population	105 → 77 (-26.7%)	198 → 175 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$52,778 → $55,278 (+4.7%)	$35,341 → $49,917 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$48,900 → $83,100 (+69.9%)	$43,200 → $175,700 (+306.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,354 (+25.0%)	$569 → $778 (+36.7%)

Comstock

Population

10577

Median household income

$52,778$55,278

Median home value

$48,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,354

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)

	Comstock	Mason City
Under 5	10.4%	10.3%
5 to 17	1.3%	0.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	17.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	26.9%
35 to 44	28.6%	4.0%
45 to 54	1.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	3.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	27.3%	19.4%
75 and over	13.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comstock	Mason City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comstock	Mason City
No high school diploma	14.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	40.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comstock	Mason City
Drove alone	79.5%	98.8%
Carpooled	20.5%	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)

	Comstock	Mason City
1-unit, detached	93.9%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Comstock	Mason City
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938