Mason City vs Oconto

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

Mason City and Oconto 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 170 in Oconto). Mason City has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $57,500 in Oconto). Since 2019, Oconto's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -11.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mason City	Oconto
Population	175	170
Median age	27.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,917	—
Median home value	$175,700	$57,500
Median gross rent	$778	—
Housing units	110	93
Homeownership rate	79.2%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason City	Oconto
Population	198 → 175 (-11.6%)	143 → 170 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$35,341 → $49,917 (+41.2%)	$50,313 → $53,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$43,200 → $175,700 (+306.7%)	$58,500 → $57,500 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $778 (+36.7%)	—

Mason City

Population

198175

Median household income

$35,341$49,917

Median home value

$43,200$175,700

Median gross rent

$569$778

Oconto

Population

143170

Median household income

$50,313$53,750

Median home value

$58,500$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mason City	Oconto
Under 5	10.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	17.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	26.9%	2.4%
35 to 44	4.0%	20.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	17.6%
75 and over	2.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason City	Oconto
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
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	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason City	Oconto
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason City	Oconto
Drove alone	98.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason City	Oconto
1-unit, detached	97.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
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	0.9%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Mason City	Oconto
Poverty rate	12.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1938	1959