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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Pearlridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Pearl City

Tract 15003008002 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 3,092 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

How risky is the Pearlridge area of Pearl City for landlords? Census tract 15003008002 scores 3.5/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #79,392 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

11% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,963 a month against an average household income of $112,578 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 20% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units797
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$112,578

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Pearlridge
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 17 tracts In Pearl City
Moderate
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#208 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#278 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pearl City and the region

Centroid at 21.3902, -157.9536 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pearlridge scores 2.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pearl City
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,963 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pearl City
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pearl City
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pearl City
4.7

How Pearlridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pearlridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.82.8This tracttract 008002Pearl City: 5.15.1Pearl Cityparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.33.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Pearlridge. 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 Pearlridge

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 5.3/10. 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 Pearl City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Honolulu County average of 5.1 and below the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is Asian and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003008002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003008002?

Census tract 15003008002 in the Pearlridge neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 15003008002?

Median gross rent is $1,963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003008002?

5.5% of residents in tract 15003008002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,092.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003008002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 58th, minority 92th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 15003008002 considered part of Pearlridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003008002 fall within Pearlridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003008002 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003008002 compare to Pearl City overall?

Tract 15003008002 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Pearl City at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pearl City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pearl City

Top eight tracts in Pearl City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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