2 census tracts · pop 8,487 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4/10
· range 3.6–4.5
Pine Hill takes in 2 census tracts of Mason City, IA and houses 8,487 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4/10, Moderate tier. 39% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Mason City rate of 24.8%.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.6/10. 20% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.2/10.
Filings are well documented here: 509 across 2 observed tracts. On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 4.6% of renter households. That places it #2 of 4 neighborhoods in Mason City. Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Asbury and Fairways. Its 2 tracts score within 0.9 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $905, close to the Mason City average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $54,121.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Pine Hill vs Mason CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority27%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport76%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pine Hill
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
509Total filings (sum)
2.75%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2015)
4.10%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pine Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.5%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility shutoff threat
14.3%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
8.6%No health insurance
34.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Pine Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pine Hill?
Pine Hill scores 4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Pine Hill compare to Mason City overall?
Pine Hill scores 0.6 points higher than Mason City overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $905 vs $882.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pine Hill?
Average gross rent in Pine Hill is $905/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pine Hill residents are renters?
40% of Pine Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 34% in Mason City). The neighborhood has 8,487 residents.
Q5
Is Pine Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Pine Hill sits in the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Pine Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pine Hill is census tract 19033950402 (score 4.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.6 to 4.5, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Pine Hill for landlords?
Pine Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mason City as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pine Hill?
Pine Hill has 8,702 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.6%), Hispanic / Latino (10%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
Other neighborhoods inside Mason City
Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Pine Hill.
