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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

Kapahulu Eviction Risk: Elevated , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003001700 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 2,126 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of 6.2/10, tract 15003001700 in the Kapahulu area of Urban Honolulu, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,126 residents. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 17% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share32.5%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$123,194

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Kapahulu
Moderate
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 132 tracts In Urban Honolulu
Low
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#147 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#177 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.2659, -157.8190 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kapahulu scores 6.2

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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,648 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Urban Honolulu
6.6

How Kapahulu compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kapahulu risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.2This tracttract 0017006.6Urban Honoluluparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kapahulu. 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 Kapahulu

At $2,648 a month, rents run 45% over what the rest of Urban Honolulu commands. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Housing insecurity runs 6.3% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Honolulu County average of 6.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $123,194. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 15003001700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003001700?

Census tract 15003001700 in the Kapahulu neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 15003001700?

Median gross rent is $2,648/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003001700?

9.7% of residents in tract 15003001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,126.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003001700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 18th, minority 58th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 15003001700 considered part of Kapahulu?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003001700 fall within Kapahulu (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003001700 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.3% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003001700 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003001700 scores 6.2/10, lower than the parent city of Urban Honolulu at 6.6/10. 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.

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