Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Kahului Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 15009031102 · Maui County, HI · pop 5,916
Tract 15009031102, home to 5,916 residents in Kahului in Maui County, scores 4.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 32nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,047 a month while the average household earns $91,925 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$91,925
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kahului and the region
Centroid at 20.8817, -156.4799 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kahului scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kahului
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kahului
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kahului
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kahului
5.5
How Kahului compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 10Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2018)
- 10Filings in 2018 (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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kahului
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Kahului eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Maui County average of 5.2 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.2% of renter households in 2018.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15009031102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009031102?
Census tract 15009031102 in Kahului 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 15009031102?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009031102?
8.2% of residents in tract 15009031102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,916.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009031102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 52th, minority 90th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009031102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009031102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.23% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15009031102 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15009031102 compare to Kahului overall?
Tract 15009031102 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Kahului at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kahului eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kahului
Top eight tracts in Kahului ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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