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Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Kahului Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 15009031107 · Maui County, HI · pop 2,530

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 15009031107 in Kahului, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,530. Severe burden reaches 54%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 3% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units476
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate40.7%
Median income$101,813

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Kahului
Very High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 45 tracts In Maui County
High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#86 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11,153 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kahului and the region

Centroid at 20.8589, -156.4924 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kahului scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
40.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,465 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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.
Kahului risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0311075.9Kahuluiparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kahului

Against Maui County at 48.5%, 91% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 39.3% against 15.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 37.6% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Maui County average of 6.1. Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $101,813, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 15009031107

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009031107?

Census tract 15009031107 in Kahului scores 7.3/10 (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 15009031107?

Median gross rent is $1,465/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 91% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15009031107?

40.7% of residents in tract 15009031107 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,530.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15009031107?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 21th, minority 81th, housing 89th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 15009031107 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.2% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 15009031107 compare to Kahului overall?

Tract 15009031107 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Kahului at 5.9/10. 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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