Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Wailua House Lots Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 15007040205 · Kauai County, HI · pop 4,681 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 15007040205 sits in the Wailua House Lots area of Wailua, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 4,681 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,680
Renter share34.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$101,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wailua and the region
Centroid at 22.0609, -159.3405 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wailua House Lots scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wailua
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$2,225 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wailua
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wailua
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wailua
8.6
How Wailua House Lots compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.5%Peak (2005)
- 2Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.0%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wailua House Lots
Cost burden runs 62% here against 42.6% across Kauai County. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.
Against the Kauai County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Court records carry 2 eviction filings across 1 observed years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 0.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,225, close to the Wailua average.
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 15007040205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040205?
Census tract 15007040205 in the Wailua House Lots neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 15007040205?
Median gross rent is $2,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040205?
12.6% of residents in tract 15007040205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,681.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 41th, minority 69th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 15007040205 considered part of Wailua House Lots?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15007040205 fall within Wailua House Lots (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15007040205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15007040205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.45% of renter households, peaking at 0.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 15007040205 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 15007040205 compare to Wailua overall?
Tract 15007040205 scores 7.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Wailua at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wailua; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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