Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Pine Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mason City
Tract 19033950402 · Cerro Gordo County, IA · pop 4,156 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
19033950402 is a census tract in the Pine Hill area of Mason City, IA. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,156 residents. Against Cerro Gordo County at 26.4%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,958
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$55,991
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mason City and the region
Centroid at 43.1236, -93.1914 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pine Hill scores 4.5
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Pine Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 182Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2015)
- 34Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pine Hill. 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pine Hill
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Against the Cerro Gordo County average of 3.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 182 evictions over 10 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $873, close to the Mason City average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 19033950402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 19033950402?
Census tract 19033950402 in the Pine Hill neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 19033950402?
Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 19033950402?
17.1% of residents in tract 19033950402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,156.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 19033950402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 61th, minority 32th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 19033950402 considered part of Pine Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 19033950402 fall within Pine Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 19033950402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 182 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 19033950402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.55% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 19033950402 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 19033950402 compare to Mason City overall?
Tract 19033950402 scores 4.5/10, 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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