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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003003606 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 2,868 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 15003003606 sits in the Downtown area of Urban Honolulu eviction risk, Hawaii eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #38,846 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,691 a month against an average household income of $90,938 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 30% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,380
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$90,938

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 11 tracts In Downtown
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#66 of 132 tracts In Urban Honolulu
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#97 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#121 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.2978, -157.8443 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 4.1

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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,691 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 003606Urban Honolulu: 5.35.3Urban Honoluluparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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 Downtown

The heaviest input here is 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 above the Honolulu County average of 5.1 and above the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 15003003606

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003003606?

Census tract 15003003606 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 15003003606?

Median gross rent is $1,691/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003003606?

11.9% of residents in tract 15003003606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,868.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003003606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 57th, minority 87th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 15003003606 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003003606 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003003606 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.3% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003003606 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003003606 scores 4.1/10, lower than 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.

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