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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Kapahulu Eviction Risk: Moderate , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003001602 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 1,621 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 15003001602 sits in the Kapahulu area of Urban Honolulu eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 1,621. Cost burden runs 11% here against 50.9% across Honolulu County.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 31% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units508
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$128,456

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Kapahulu
Very Low
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 132 tracts In Urban Honolulu
Very Low
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#183 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Moderate
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#232 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.2709, -157.8082 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kapahulu scores 5.7

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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,864 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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.
Kapahulu risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0016026.6Urban Honoluluparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kapahulu

Average gross rent is $2,864, 57% above the Urban Honolulu average. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Honolulu County average of 6.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $128,456. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 15003001602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003001602?

Census tract 15003001602 in the Kapahulu neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 15003001602?

Median gross rent is $2,864/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003001602?

4.7% of residents in tract 15003001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,621.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003001602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 30th, minority 89th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 15003001602 considered part of Kapahulu?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003001602 fall within Kapahulu (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003001602 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003001602 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003001602 scores 5.7/10, lower 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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