Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
East Kapolei Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 15003008627 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 9,196 · 56% of tract blocks fall in East Kapolei
In East Kapolei, census tract 15003008627 scores 5.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,203 monthly, set against $121,087 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,770
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$121,087
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Kapolei and the region
Centroid at 21.4089, -158.0767 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Kapolei scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Kapolei
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,203 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Kapolei
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Kapolei
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Kapolei
5.1
How East Kapolei compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.3%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Kapolei
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 East Kapolei eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Honolulu County average of 5.1 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is multiracial or other-race and Asian 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 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15003008627
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003008627?
Census tract 15003008627 in East Kapolei scores 2.2/10 (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 15003008627?
Median gross rent is $2,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15003008627?
5.6% of residents in tract 15003008627 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,196.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15003008627?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 47th, minority 89th, housing 88th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 15003008627 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 15003008627 compare to East Kapolei overall?
Tract 15003008627 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of East Kapolei at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Kapolei eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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