Huron County vs Mason County

A side-by-side comparison of Huron County and Mason County: population, income, housing, and more.

Huron County and Mason County are counties in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huron County has the higher population (31,258 vs 29,177 in Mason County). Mason County has the higher median household income ($62,296 vs $56,963 in Huron County). Mason County has the higher median home value ($199,300 vs $141,300 in Huron County).

Population, income & housing

	Huron County	Mason County
Population	31,258	29,177
Median age	49.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,963	$62,296
Median home value	$141,300	$199,300
Median gross rent	$743	$840
Housing units	20,372	17,499
Homeownership rate	82.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huron County	Mason County
Population	31,349 → 31,258 (-0.3%)	28,954 → 29,177 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$48,289 → $56,963 (+18.0%)	$51,725 → $62,296 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $141,300 (+36.0%)	$141,400 → $199,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $743 (+22.0%)	$698 → $840 (+20.3%)

Huron County

Population

31,34931,258

Median household income

$48,289$56,963

Median home value

$103,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$609$743

Mason County

Population

28,95429,177

Median household income

$51,725$62,296

Median home value

$141,400$199,300

Median gross rent

$698$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huron County	Mason County
Under 5	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.9%	15.7%
75 and over	10.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huron County	Mason County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huron County	Mason County
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	41.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huron County	Mason County
Drove alone	79.5%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	3.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.7%	9.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huron County	Mason County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Huron County	Mason County
Poverty rate	12.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1967	1976