Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Kapahulu Eviction Risk: Elevated , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003001601 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 1,929 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 15003001601 covers part of the Kapahulu area of Urban Honolulu, HI, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,929. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 23% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units663

Renter share56.0%

SVI overall0.52

Poverty rate7.9%

Median income$89,732

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.2728, -157.8138 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kapahulu scores 6.8

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

7.9% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,955 rent vs county FMR

2.3

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 Kapahulu compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

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

34%Socioeconomic
35%Household composition
86%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kapahulu. 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.

10.1%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
16.6%Food insecurity
10.5%SNAP enrollment
6.7%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
14.3%Frequent mental distress
28.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kapahulu

Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Honolulu County average of 50.9%.

It sits 0.8 points above the Honolulu County average of 6.0. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.

Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,955, close to the Urban Honolulu average.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $89,732. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003001601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003001601?

Census tract 15003001601 in the Kapahulu neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 15003001601?

Median gross rent is $1,955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003001601?

7.9% of residents in tract 15003001601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,929.

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003001601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 35th, minority 86th, housing 68th.

Is tract 15003001601 considered part of Kapahulu?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003001601 fall within Kapahulu (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 15003001601 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 15003001601 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003001601 scores 6.8/10, right in line with 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.