Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

Waialae-Kahala Eviction Risk: Moderate , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003001101 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 1,807 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

The Waialae-Kahala area of Urban Honolulu anchors census tract 15003001101, which lands at 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,333 a month while the average household earns $69,554 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 34% Owners 49%

Tract context

Occupied units529

Renter share50.3%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate27.7%

Median income$69,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.3004, -157.7925 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waialae-Kahala scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

6.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.3

State political climate

Hawaii legislature & governorship

5.5

Economic stress

27.7% poverty · this tract

6.9

Supply constraint

$1,333 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

7.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

9.2

Housing court bias

Inherited from Urban Honolulu

6.6

How Waialae-Kahala compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

57%Socioeconomic
34%Household composition
91%Racial/ethnic minority
62%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Waialae-Kahala. 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.

17.7%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
28.4%Food insecurity
22.3%SNAP enrollment
11.7%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
17.7%Frequent mental distress
34.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waialae-Kahala

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Urban Honolulu eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Honolulu County average of 5.1 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is multiracial or other-race and Asian and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003001101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003001101?

Census tract 15003001101 in the Waialae-Kahala neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 15003001101?

Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003001101?

27.7% of residents in tract 15003001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,807.

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003001101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 34th, minority 91th, housing 62th.

Is tract 15003001101 considered part of Waialae-Kahala?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003001101 fall within Waialae-Kahala (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 15003001101 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 15003001101 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003001101 scores 5.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Urban Honolulu at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urban Honolulu eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Urban Honolulu

Top eight tracts in Urban Honolulu ranked by composite eviction-risk score.