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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Keawakapu Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kihei

Tract 15009030709 · Maui County, HI · pop 3,584 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

15009030709 is a census tract in the Keawakapu area of Kihei, HI. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,584 residents. The severe-burden share is 38%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 21% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,648
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$84,510

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Keawakapu
Very Low
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 7 tracts In Kihei
Elevated
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#14 of 45 tracts In Maui County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#123 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kihei and the region

Centroid at 20.7247, -156.4451 · click any tract to drill in

Why Keawakapu scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kihei
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,052 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kihei
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kihei
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kihei
6.4

How Keawakapu compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Keawakapu risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.8This tracttract 0307096.5Kiheiparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 13Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.4%Peak (2018)
  • 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Keawakapu. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Keawakapu

The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.8/10. Cost burden runs 58% here against 48.5% across Maui County.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 13 filings here across 1 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points above the Maui County average of 6.1. Filings peaked in 2018 at 1.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the HI average is 5.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $2,052, close to the Kihei average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 15009030709

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030709?

Census tract 15009030709 in the Keawakapu neighborhood 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 15009030709?

Median gross rent is $2,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15009030709?

9.1% of residents in tract 15009030709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,584.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15009030709?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 50th, minority 49th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 15009030709 considered part of Keawakapu?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15009030709 fall within Keawakapu (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009030709?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009030709 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.43% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 15009030709 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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.
Q8

How does tract 15009030709 compare to Kihei overall?

Tract 15009030709 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Kihei at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kihei eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kihei

Top eight tracts in Kihei ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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