Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Kalihi Valley Eviction Risk: Elevated , Urban Honolulu

Tract 15003004801 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 3,001 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 15003004801 sits in the Kalihi Valley area of Urban Honolulu eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. Against Honolulu County at 50.9%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 18% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units948

Renter share26.6%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate5.3%

Median income$93,889

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Urban Honolulu and the region

Centroid at 21.3436, -157.8522 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kalihi Valley scores 6.5

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

5.3% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$2,105 rent vs county FMR

2.8

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 Kalihi Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

45%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
73%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Kalihi Valley. 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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
16.6%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
6.6%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
13.1%Frequent mental distress
26.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kalihi Valley

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10. At $2,105 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Urban Honolulu commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10. Of its three components the household composition 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 $93,889.

27% 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 15003004801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003004801?

Census tract 15003004801 in the Kalihi Valley neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 15003004801?

Median gross rent is $2,105/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003004801?

5.3% of residents in tract 15003004801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,001.

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003004801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 7th, minority 93th, housing 73th.

Is tract 15003004801 considered part of Kalihi Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003004801 fall within Kalihi Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 15003004801 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 15003004801 compare to Urban Honolulu overall?

Tract 15003004801 scores 6.5/10, 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.