Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Kuau Eviction Risk: Moderate , Paia
Tract 15009030501 · Maui County, HI · pop 2,211 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
How risky is the Kuau neighborhood of Paia for landlords? Census tract 15009030501 scores 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 66% of renter households, a severe level, and 52% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,446 a month against an average household income of $120,147 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
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
84
th percentile
High
Within state
72
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 4.1
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
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Paia, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Maui County average of 5.2 and above the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2018.
The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15009030501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030501?
Census tract 15009030501 in the Kuau neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Paia at 5.6/10. 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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