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Census Tract · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally

Makaha Eviction Risk: High

Tract 15003009804 · Honolulu County, HI · pop 3,486

Tract 15003009804 sits in Makaha eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.4/10. 59% 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
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 7% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units848
Renter share50.0%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$80,081

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Makaha
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 329 tracts In Honolulu County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Very High
National
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5,730 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Makaha and the region

Centroid at 21.4678, -158.2071 · click any tract to drill in

Why Makaha scores 8.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Makaha
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$2,201 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Makaha
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Makaha
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Makaha
9.1

How Makaha compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Makaha risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.4This tracttract 0098047.0Makahaparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Makaha

86% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Honolulu County average of 50.9%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

Against the Honolulu County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.1/10.

Food insecurity runs 34.3% against 17.8% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $80,081 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation runs 29.6% against 15.2% nationally.

At $2,201 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Makaha commands. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter.

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 15003009804

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15003009804?

Census tract 15003009804 in Makaha scores 8.4/10 (High 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 15003009804?

Median gross rent is $2,201/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15003009804?

30.3% of residents in tract 15003009804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,486.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15003009804?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 92th, minority 88th, housing 88th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 15003009804 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.0% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 15003009804 compare to Makaha overall?

Tract 15003009804 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Makaha at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Makaha eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Makaha

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

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