Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Kuau Eviction Risk: Elevated , Paia
Tract 15009030501 · Maui County, HI · pop 2,211 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 6.9/10, tract 15009030501 in the Kuau area of Paia, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,211. 52% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units846
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$120,147
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Paia and the region
Centroid at 20.9142, -156.3625 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kuau scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Paia
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$2,446 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Paia
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Paia
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Paia
8.2
How Kuau compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 6Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2018)
- 6Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kuau
roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Maui County average of 48.5%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10.
Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 6 evictions over 1 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points above the Maui County average of 6.1.
The worst year on record was 2018, when 2.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. 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 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 15009030501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030501?
Census tract 15009030501 in the Kuau neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 15009030501?
Median gross rent is $2,446/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009030501?
15.0% of residents in tract 15009030501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,211.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009030501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 9th, minority 74th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 15009030501 considered part of Kuau?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15009030501 fall within Kuau (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009030501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009030501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 15009030501 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 15009030501 compare to Paia overall?
Tract 15009030501 scores 6.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Paia at 6.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Paia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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