Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Lihue Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 15007040500 · Kauai County, HI · pop 7,301 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Lihue
Census tract 15007040500 covers part of Lihue, HI, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,301 residents. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Kauai County average of 42.6%.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,145
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$70,851
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lihue and the region
Centroid at 21.9809, -159.3390 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lihue scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lihue
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,072 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lihue
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lihue
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lihue
6.3
How Lihue 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.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 7Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2005)
- 7Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lihue
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $70,851 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Against the Kauai County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2005, when 0.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 81st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
Average gross rent is $2,072, close to the Lihue average. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 15007040500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040500?
Census tract 15007040500 in Lihue scores 6.4/10 (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 15007040500?
Median gross rent is $2,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040500?
6.4% of residents in tract 15007040500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,301.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 71th, minority 88th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15007040500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15007040500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.77% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15007040500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15007040500 compare to Lihue overall?
Tract 15007040500 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lihue at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lihue eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lihue
Top eight tracts in Lihue ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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