2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Manteca, CA vs Mason City, IA

#8 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#40 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#41 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#42 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#70 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#85 The Most Single Cities

#97 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#307 Best Green Cities

#330 2005 Best Places to Live

South of 209 is a fantastic place to live. It has 2 good elementary schools (necessity for young population), new bay area folks coming to live in and around the  More

I just moved to this City from Southern CA for work close by. Given the other over-inflated prices of housing in Northern CA and the Bay Area in particular, Manteca is  More

Manteca is a small  More

I am from the area originally and have lived several places. I recently moved back from Arizona. I moved back to help with my elderly parents. If I did not have  More

Where to begin?? Murder,arson,abductions,beastialty,gang killings,meth labs,pantie thiefs. High utility bills, no jobs, corrupt police, evil judges, minus 40 below wind  More

Unless you have a tie to Mason City, such as family, don't even consider this desolate town. The population is declining rapidly for a reason. You are on an island,  More