Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Kekaha Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 15007040900 · Kauai County, HI · pop 5,172 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Kekaha
With a score of 6.6/10, tract 15007040900 in Kekaha, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,172. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 1.1/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,781
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$82,599
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kekaha and the region
Centroid at 22.0491, -159.7090 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kekaha scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kekaha
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,941 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kekaha
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kekaha
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kekaha
6.1
How Kekaha compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 0.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 18.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kekaha
Against the Kauai County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10.
Court records carry 4 eviction filings across 1 observed years. At $1,941 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Kekaha commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 0.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $82,599. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 15007040900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15007040900?
Census tract 15007040900 in Kekaha scores 6.6/10 (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 15007040900?
Median gross rent is $1,941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15007040900?
12.8% of residents in tract 15007040900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15007040900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 42th, minority 88th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15007040900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15007040900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.65% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15007040900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15007040900 compare to Kekaha overall?
Tract 15007040900 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Kekaha at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kekaha; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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