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Census Tract · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Kahului Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 15009031900 · Maui County, HI · pop 5,325 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Kahului

15009031900 is a census tract in Kahului, HI. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,325 residents. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 26% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,862
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$78,913

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Kahului
High
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#18 of 45 tracts In Maui County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#165 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Elevated
National
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#16,571 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kahului and the region

Centroid at 20.8793, -156.4255 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kahului scores 6.3

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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,876 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 / state6.3This tracttract 0319005.9Kahuluiparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

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)

  • 8Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2018)
  • 8Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kahului

The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,876, 26% above the Kahului average.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions over 1 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2018, when 1.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. 48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Maui County average of 6.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $78,913.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 15009031900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009031900?

Census tract 15009031900 in Kahului scores 6.3/10 (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 15009031900?

Median gross rent is $1,876/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15009031900?

8.9% of residents in tract 15009031900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,325.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15009031900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 82th, minority 91th, housing 85th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009031900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009031900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.10% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 15009031900 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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 15009031900 compare to Kahului overall?

Tract 15009031900 scores 6.3/10, 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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