Because of many things, Mason is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Mason really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Mason perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Mason is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Mason is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.41% of adults in Mason have a college degree.
The per capita income in Mason in 2022 was $31,397, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,588 for a family of four. However, Mason contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mason is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mason home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mason residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Mason also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mason include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Mason is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
