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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Waialae-Kahala Eviction Risk: High , Urban Honolulu

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

Tract 15003001101 sits in the Waialae-Kahala area of Urban Honolulu eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Against Honolulu County at 50.9%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
8
High
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.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Waialae-Kahala
Very High
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 132 tracts In Urban Honolulu
Very High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Very High
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 8

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.
Waialae-Kahala risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0011016.6Urban Honoluluparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waialae-Kahala

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Honolulu County average of 6.0.

At $1,333 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Urban Honolulu commands. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 28.4% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 22.3% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $69,554.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003001101

Q1

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

Census tract 15003001101 in the Waialae-Kahala neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 15003001101?

Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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).
Q6

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.
Q7

How does tract 15003001101 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003001101 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Urban Honolulu at 6.6/10. 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.

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