Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Mason City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 19033950102 · Cerro Gordo County, IA · pop 4,209 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Mason City
With a score of 4/10, tract 19033950102 in Mason City, IA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,209 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.6/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,918
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$53,088
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mason City and the region
Centroid at 43.1712, -93.1898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mason City scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mason City
5.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.7
State political climate
Iowa legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mason City
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mason City
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mason City
3.0
How Mason City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 317Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2011)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mason City
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Court records carry 317 eviction filings across 10 observed years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 6.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. 26% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Cerro Gordo County average of 3.5 closely.
Average gross rent is $913, close to the Mason City average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $53,088.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 19033950102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19033950102?
Census tract 19033950102 in Mason City scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 19033950102?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19033950102?
11.7% of residents in tract 19033950102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,209.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19033950102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 43th, minority 25th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19033950102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 317 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19033950102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.01% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 19033950102 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 19033950102 compare to Mason City overall?
Tract 19033950102 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Mason City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mason City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mason City
Top eight tracts in Mason City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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