Mason City, IA

Mason City is a small city in Iowa with a population of 27,135. Residents earn $62,369 per year, which is 17% below the national average.

3.2 /5.0

B Good

27,135 Population 962/sq mi density

$62,369 Median Income $36,527 per capita

$130,000 Home Value $152,258 Zillow

$874 Median Rent 24.0% income on rent

46°F Avg Temperature 260 sunny days/yr

652 Violent Crime/100K 2,925 property/100K

Overall

3.2 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

Economy

4.1 / 5.0

$62,369 median income, 1.9% unemployment

A+

Affordability

5.0 / 5.0

$130,000 home value, $874/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

652 violent crimes/100K (72% above avg)

C+

Education

2.7 / 5.0

21.3% bachelor's degree or higher

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8 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Mason City, IA.

Name	Year	Description
Mason city, IA	2013	Slow moving orange/fireball.
Mason city, IA	2012	Observed two steady red lights for about one minute that moved slowly and faded out
Mason city, IA	2012	acorn shaped with flames and a ring of white lights on bottom
Mason city, IA	2005	strange flying object
Mason city, IA	2005	SAW A CIRCLE
Mason city, IA	2005	didnt notice untill my friend asked me if i saw what he saw the object was in the sky very far away&#44 may have been in space but couldn
Mason city (south of), IA	1994	I was going south on I35 in a Greyhound bus in northern Iowa. It was early in the am. and i was just sitting awake then suddenly&#44 a ver
Mason city, IA	1982	While helping on paper rout&#44 early morning&#44 right orange globe went down off to my right.