Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Koloa Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 15007040603 · Kauai County, HI · pop 2,972 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Koloa
Census tract 15007040603 covers part of Koloa, HI, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,972. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,025
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$104,507
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Koloa and the region
Centroid at 21.9303, -159.4401 · click any tract to drill in
Why Koloa scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Koloa
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,926 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Koloa
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Koloa
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Koloa
6.3
How Koloa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 4Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2005)
- 4Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Koloa
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
At $1,926 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Koloa commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2005 at 1.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. It tracks the Kauai County average of 5.6 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 15007040603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040603?
Census tract 15007040603 in Koloa scores 6/10 (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 15007040603?
Median gross rent is $1,926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040603?
5.4% of residents in tract 15007040603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,972.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 77th, minority 76th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15007040603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15007040603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.27% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15007040603 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15007040603 compare to Koloa overall?
Tract 15007040603 scores 6/10, lower than the parent city of Koloa at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Koloa; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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