Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Lawai Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 15007040701 · Kauai County, HI · pop 3,092 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Lawai
Tract 15007040701, home to 3,092 residents in Lawai in Kauai County, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 39% of US census tracts.
55% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,849 a month while the average household earns $120,060 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units949
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$120,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawai and the region
Centroid at 21.9555, -159.5152 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawai scores 2.6
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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,849 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawai
The score leans hardest on 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 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15007040701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040701?
Census tract 15007040701 in Lawai scores 2.6/10 (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 15007040701?
Median gross rent is $1,849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040701?
8.4% of residents in tract 15007040701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 18th, minority 75th, housing 9th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 15007040701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 15007040701 compare to Lawai overall?
Tract 15007040701 scores 2.6/10, 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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