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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Watercolors Eviction Risk: Moderate , Makakilo

Tract 15003008632 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 5,196 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 15003008632 sits in the Watercolors area of Makakilo eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 5,196. 52% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 2% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,406
Renter share10.7%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$116,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Watercolors
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Makakilo
Moderate
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#220 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Low
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#275 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Makakilo and the region

Centroid at 21.3416, -158.0886 · click any tract to drill in

Why Watercolors scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Makakilo
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,786 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Makakilo
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Makakilo
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Makakilo
6.5

How Watercolors compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Watercolors risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0086325.9Makakiloparent 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 Watercolors. 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 Watercolors

79% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Honolulu County average of 50.9%. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.1/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $2,786, 22% above the Makakilo average. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. 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 socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Honolulu County average of 6.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $116,250.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003008632

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003008632?

Census tract 15003008632 in the Watercolors neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 15003008632?

Median gross rent is $2,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003008632?

7.2% of residents in tract 15003008632 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,196.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003008632?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 54th, minority 88th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 15003008632 considered part of Watercolors?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003008632 fall within Watercolors (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003008632 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003008632 compare to Makakilo overall?

Tract 15003008632 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Makakilo at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Makakilo eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Makakilo

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

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