Mason City vs Sargent

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

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

Sargent has the higher population (425 vs 175 in Mason City). Mason City has the higher median household income ($49,917 vs $46,250 in Sargent). Mason City has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $67,300 in Sargent).

Population, income & housing

	Mason City	Sargent
Population	175	425
Median age	27.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,917	$46,250
Median home value	$175,700	$67,300
Median gross rent	$778	$573
Housing units	110	273
Homeownership rate	79.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason City	Sargent
Population	198 → 175 (-11.6%)	501 → 425 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$35,341 → $49,917 (+41.2%)	$37,000 → $46,250 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$43,200 → $175,700 (+306.7%)	$50,000 → $67,300 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $778 (+36.7%)	$825 → $573 (-30.5%)

Mason City

Population

198175

Median household income

$35,341$49,917

Median home value

$43,200$175,700

Median gross rent

$569$778

Sargent

Population

501425

Median household income

$37,000$46,250

Median home value

$50,000$67,300

Median gross rent

$825$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mason City	Sargent
Under 5	10.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	0.6%	6.8%
18 to 24	17.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	26.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	4.0%	3.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	18.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	21.9%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.3%
75 and over	2.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason City	Sargent
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.4%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason City	Sargent
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason City	Sargent
Drove alone	98.8%	91.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason City	Sargent
1-unit, detached	97.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Mason City	Sargent
Poverty rate	12.6%	13.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1938	1942