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Neighborhood · Wailua, HI

Wailua House Lots Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 4,681 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.1/10 · range 7.1–7.1

Wailua House Lots maps to a single census tract in Wailua, HI, population 4,681. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.1/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 62% against 44.9% citywide, putting Wailua House Lots 16.9% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 8.6/10.

Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 2 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 0.5% of renter households.

Average gross rent runs $2,225, close to the Wailua average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $101,071. 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 7.1/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wailua House Lots vs Wailua How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
61.8% +38%
Wailua: 44.9%
Average gross rent
$2,225 -4%
Wailua: $2,310
Average HH income
$101,071 +47%
Wailua: $68,548
Poverty rate
12.6% -38%
Wailua: 20.5%
Renter share
34.1% -24%
Wailua: 44.8%
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Geographic context

Risk heat across Wailua House Lots and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 7.1–7.1

Why Wailua House Lots scores 7.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.4–6.4 across tracts
6.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.8–6.8 across tracts
6.8
Rent control risk
62% of income on rent · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.9–4.9 across tracts
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
34% renter households · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts
8.3
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 8.6–8.6 across tracts
8.6
Economic stress
12.6% below poverty line · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Risk score comparison

Wailua House Lots vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Wailua House Lots score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.1Wailua House LotsNeighborhood6.9Parent cityhost city5.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Wailua House Lots

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
15007040205 7.1 4,681 62% $2,225
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 39

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 56%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 41%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Wailua House Lots

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2Total filings (sum)
  • 0.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.5%Peak year (2005)
  • 0.45%Latest filed (2005)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wailua House Lots

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Wailua House Lots

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Wailua House Lots?

Wailua House Lots scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Wailua House Lots compare to Wailua overall?

Wailua House Lots scores 0.2 points higher than Wailua overall (6.9/10). Renters spend 62% of income on rent vs 45% citywide. Average rent: $2,225 vs $2,310.
Q3

What is the average rent in Wailua House Lots?

Average gross rent in Wailua House Lots is $2,225/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Wailua House Lots residents are renters?

34% of Wailua House Lots households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in Wailua). The neighborhood has 4,681 residents.
Q5

Is Wailua House Lots a high social-vulnerability area?

Wailua House Lots sits in the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Wailua House Lots for landlords?

Wailua House Lots carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.1/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Wailua as a whole (6.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Wailua House Lots?

Wailua House Lots has 4,873 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (25.1%), Hispanic / Latino (15.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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