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Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Makaha Eviction Risk: High

Tract 15003009801 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 2,716 · 35% of tract blocks fall in Makaha

Census tract 15003009801 covers part of Makaha, HI, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,716. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 20% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,127
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$64,010

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Makaha
Moderate
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Very High
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5,730 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Makaha and the region

Centroid at 21.5106, -158.2161 · click any tract to drill in

Why Makaha scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Makaha
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,510 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Makaha
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Makaha
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Makaha
9.1

How Makaha compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Makaha risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.4This tracttract 0098017.0Makahaparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Makaha

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. It sits 2.4 points above the Honolulu County average of 6.0.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 59% here against 50.9% across Honolulu County.

At $1,510 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Makaha commands. Food insecurity runs 25.1% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 93rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003009801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003009801?

Census tract 15003009801 in Makaha scores 8.4/10 (High 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 15003009801?

Median gross rent is $1,510/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003009801?

25.7% of residents in tract 15003009801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,716.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003009801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 85th, minority 75th, housing 91th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 15003009801 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 15003009801 compare to Makaha overall?

Tract 15003009801 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Makaha at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Makaha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Makaha

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

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