Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Lawai Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 15007040604 · Kauai County, HI · pop 3,509 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Lawai
Lawai is where census tract 15007040604 sits, home to 3,509 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #56,897 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,436 monthly, set against $86,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,274
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$86,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawai and the region
Centroid at 21.9007, -159.4809 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawai scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lawai
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,436 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawai
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawai
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawai
5.8
How Lawai compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.3%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings 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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawai
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lawai, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kauai County average of 4.8 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.3% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15007040604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040604?
Census tract 15007040604 in Lawai scores 2.9/10 (Lower 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 15007040604?
Median gross rent is $1,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040604?
4.5% of residents in tract 15007040604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,509.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 60th, minority 76th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15007040604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15007040604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.25% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15007040604 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15007040604 compare to Lawai overall?
Tract 15007040604 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Lawai at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawai; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lawai
Top eight tracts in Lawai ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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