2 census tracts · pop 6,210 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.1/10
· range 6.8–7.4
Keawakapu takes in 2 census tracts of Kihei, HI and houses 6,210 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.1/10, in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 45%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
64% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Kihei rate of 33.2%. The strongest single driver of the headline number is rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10.
Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10.
Average gross rent is $2,432, 19% above the Kihei average of $2,045. Court records carry 15 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 1.4% of renter households.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7/10. Judgments average 0.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Its 2 tracts score within 0.6 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Keawakapu vs KiheiHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority51%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Keawakapu
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
15Total filings (sum)
1.04%Avg annual filing rate
1.4%Peak year (2018)
1.04%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Keawakapu
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility shutoff threat
14.5%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
5.5%No health insurance
29.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Keawakapu
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Keawakapu?
Keawakapu scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Keawakapu compare to Kihei overall?
Keawakapu scores 0.6 points higher than Kihei overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $2,432 vs $2,045.
Q3
What is the average rent in Keawakapu?
Average gross rent in Keawakapu is $2,432/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Keawakapu residents are renters?
44% of Keawakapu households are renter-occupied (vs 41% in Kihei). The neighborhood has 6,210 residents.
Q5
Is Keawakapu a high social-vulnerability area?
Keawakapu sits in the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Keawakapu have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Keawakapu is census tract 15009030710 (score 7.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 7.4, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Keawakapu for landlords?
Keawakapu carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.1/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Kihei as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Keawakapu?
Keawakapu has 6,265 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67%), Other / Multiracial (15%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (8.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
