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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Waipio Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 15003008947 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 1,621 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 15003008947 sits in the Waipio eviction risk area of Waipio eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 1,621 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 9% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units606
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$89,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Waipio
High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Waipio
High
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#218 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waipio and the region

Centroid at 21.4193, -158.0023 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waipio scores 5.8

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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,979 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 / state5.8This tracttract 0089475.9Waipioparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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

Against Honolulu County at 50.9%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.7/10.

SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.3% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,979 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Waipio commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Honolulu County average of 6.0 closely.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $89,583. 30% 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 15003008947

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003008947?

Census tract 15003008947 in the Waipio neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 15003008947?

Median gross rent is $1,979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003008947?

3.8% of residents in tract 15003008947 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,621.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003008947?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 64th, minority 94th, housing 9th.
Q5

Is tract 15003008947 considered part of Waipio?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15003008947 fall within Waipio (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 15003008947 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15003008947 compare to Waipio overall?

Tract 15003008947 scores 5.8/10, right in line with 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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