Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Wailua Homesteads Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 15007040204 · Kauai County, HI · pop 6,039 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Wailua Homesteads
Wailua Homesteads anchors census tract 15007040204, which lands at 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,077 a month while the average household earns $92,313 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,976
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$92,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wailua Homesteads and the region
Centroid at 22.0777, -159.3838 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wailua Homesteads scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wailua Homesteads
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,077 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wailua Homesteads
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wailua Homesteads
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wailua Homesteads
6.8
How Wailua Homesteads compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 5Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2005)
- 5Filings 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wailua Homesteads
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 Wailua Homesteads eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kauai County average of 4.8 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.3% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15007040204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040204?
Census tract 15007040204 in Wailua Homesteads scores 2.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 15007040204?
Median gross rent is $2,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040204?
9.5% of residents in tract 15007040204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 35th, minority 71th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15007040204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15007040204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.34% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15007040204 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15007040204 compare to Wailua Homesteads overall?
Tract 15007040204 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Wailua Homesteads at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wailua Homesteads eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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