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Waialae-Kahala Eviction Risk: Lower , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003000401 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 2,726 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 15003000401 covers the Waialae-Kahala neighborhood of Urban Honolulu in Hawaii. Home to 2,726 residents, it scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,458 a month while the average household earns $171,316 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.5

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 8% Owners 88%

Tract context

Occupied units1,042

Renter share12.5%

SVI overall0.23

Poverty rate7.3%

Median income$171,316

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.3018, -157.7705 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waialae-Kahala scores 1.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

6.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.3

State political climate

Hawaii legislature & governorship

5.5

Economic stress

7.3% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$2,458 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

7.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

4.9

How Waialae-Kahala compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

2%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
51%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Waialae-Kahala. 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.

5.4%Housing insecurity
2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.5%Food insecurity
5.4%SNAP enrollment
4.1%Transit barriers
2.9%No health insurance
9.9%Frequent mental distress
25.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waialae-Kahala

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Urban Honolulu eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Honolulu County average of 5.1 and below the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003000401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003000401?

Census tract 15003000401 in the Waialae-Kahala neighborhood scores 1.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 15003000401?

Median gross rent is $2,458/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003000401?

7.3% of residents in tract 15003000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,726.

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003000401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 35th, minority 86th, housing 51th.

Is tract 15003000401 considered part of Waialae-Kahala?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003000401 fall within Waialae-Kahala (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 15003000401 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 15003000401 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003000401 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Urban Honolulu at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urban Honolulu eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Urban Honolulu

Top eight tracts in Urban Honolulu ranked by composite eviction-risk score.