Mason is home to 8,249 people in Michigan. The foreign-born share is 3%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $198,000. 1,535 more people live here than in 2000. Poverty is uncommon here, at 5.3% of people here. Density works out to 1,614 people per square mile.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,117, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
37% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mason
What changed most since 1990
White share92.6% → 84.3%(−8.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$148,084 → $198,000(+34%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age31.1 → 40.7(+9.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Mason's population equals 2.9% of Ingham County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 0.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.2%(135)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.2%(124)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23.9%(128)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.8%(47)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(3)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 535 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mason, decade by decade
Mason population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,768
$80,659
$148,084
22.9%
17.6
2000
6,714
$76,127
$187,813
26.3%
13.5
2010
8,252
$71,731
$185,144
27.3%
28.6
2020
8,283
$77,863
$169,322
32.5%
30.7
2024
8,249
$79,117
$198,000
36.6%
35.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
