Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Kula Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 15009030305 · Maui County, HI · pop 5,472 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Kula
With a score of 6.8/10, tract 15009030305 in Kula, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,472 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,148
Renter share31.8%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$90,319
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kula and the region
Centroid at 20.6855, -156.3053 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kula scores 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kula
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$2,144 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kula
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kula
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kula
6.8
How Kula compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kula
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Maui County average of 48.5%. The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.8/10.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
It sits 0.7 points above the Maui County average of 6.1. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Average gross rent is $2,144, close to the Kula average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $90,319.
32% 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 15009030305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030305?
Census tract 15009030305 in Kula scores 6.8/10 (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 15009030305?
Median gross rent is $2,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009030305?
14.4% of residents in tract 15009030305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,472.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009030305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 39th, minority 62th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 15009030305 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 15009030305 compare to Kula overall?
Tract 15009030305 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Kula at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kula eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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