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Koele Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lanai City

Tract 15009031601 · Maui County, HI · pop 3,218 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 15009031601 covers part of the Koele area of Lanai City, HI, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,218. Cost burden runs 10% here against 48.5% across Maui County.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 46% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,228
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$79,808

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Koele
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Lanai City
Moderate
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 45 tracts In Maui County
Very Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#326 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lanai City and the region

Centroid at 20.8365, -156.9274 · click any tract to drill in

Why Koele scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lanai City
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lanai City
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lanai City
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lanai City
5.0

How Koele compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Koele risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0316014.6Lanai Cityparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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)

  • 4Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak (2018)
  • 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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 Koele

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Against the Maui County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2018, when 0.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $79,808, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,087, close to the Lanai City average.

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 15009031601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009031601?

Census tract 15009031601 in the Koele neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 15009031601?

Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15009031601?

7.5% of residents in tract 15009031601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,218.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15009031601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 95th, minority 89th, housing 70th.
Q5

Is tract 15009031601 considered part of Koele?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15009031601 fall within Koele (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009031601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009031601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.84% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 15009031601 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 15009031601 compare to Lanai City overall?

Tract 15009031601 scores 4.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Lanai City at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lanai City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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