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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

West Loch Eviction Risk: Elevated , Waipahu

Tract 15003008935 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 3,758 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 15003008935 sits in the West Loch area of Royal Kunia eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. It is home to 3,758 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 13% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,202
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$86,456

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 10 tracts In West Loch
Elevated
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Waipahu
Very High
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#139 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#165 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waipahu and the region

Centroid at 21.3938, -158.0325 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Loch scores 6.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Waipahu
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,873 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waipahu
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waipahu
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waipahu
5.8

How West Loch compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Loch risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0089356.0Waipahuparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Loch. 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 West Loch

70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Honolulu County average of 50.9%. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10.

Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $86,456, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

It tracks the Honolulu County average of 6.0 closely. Average gross rent is $2,873, close to the Royal Kunia average. 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003008935

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003008935?

Census tract 15003008935 in the West Loch neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 15003008935?

Median gross rent is $2,873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003008935?

7.4% of residents in tract 15003008935 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,758.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003008935?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 67th, minority 93th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 15003008935 considered part of West Loch?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003008935 fall within West Loch (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003008935 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003008935 compare to Waipahu overall?

Tract 15003008935 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Waipahu at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waipahu eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waipahu

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

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