Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Kaunakakai Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 15009031700 · Maui County, HI · pop 4,827 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Kaunakakai
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 15009031700 in Kaunakakai, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,576
Renter share38.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$76,974
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kaunakakai and the region
Centroid at 21.1312, -156.8352 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kaunakakai scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kaunakakai
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$941 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kaunakakai
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kaunakakai
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kaunakakai
8.0
How Kaunakakai compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 1.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2018)
- 5Filings 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.
- 15.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.3%Food insecurity
- 22.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kaunakakai
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Maui County average of 48.5%.
It sits 1.2 points above the Maui County average of 6.1. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 5 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 1.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
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 15009031700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009031700?
Census tract 15009031700 in Kaunakakai 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 15009031700?
Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009031700?
18.8% of residents in tract 15009031700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009031700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 84th, minority 87th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009031700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009031700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.14% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15009031700 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.7% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15009031700 compare to Kaunakakai overall?
Tract 15009031700 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Kaunakakai at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kaunakakai; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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