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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Waipio Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 15003008945 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 1,754 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 15003008945 sits in the Waipio eviction risk area of Waipio eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. Population here is 1,754. 39% 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
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 8% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units610
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$77,143

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Waipio
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Waipio
Very High
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#113 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Elevated
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waipio and the region

Centroid at 21.4364, -157.9993 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waipio scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Waipio
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$2,600 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waipio
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waipio
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waipio
6.3

How Waipio compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waipio risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 0089455.9Waipioparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Waipio. 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 Waipio

Cost burden runs 84% here against 50.9% across Honolulu County. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10.

Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $77,143, 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.

Average gross rent is $2,600, 17% above the Waipio average. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.9/10. It sits 0.7 points above the Honolulu County average of 6.0.

That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 15003008945

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003008945?

Census tract 15003008945 in the Waipio neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 15003008945?

Median gross rent is $2,600/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 84% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003008945?

11.4% of residents in tract 15003008945 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,754.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003008945?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 84th, minority 95th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 15003008945 considered part of Waipio?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003008945 fall within Waipio (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003008945 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003008945 compare to Waipio overall?

Tract 15003008945 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Waipio at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waipio eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waipio

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

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