Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Waikapu Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 15009030800 · Maui County, HI · pop 8,062 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Waikapu
Census tract 15009030800 runs through Waikapu in Maui County. With 8,062 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #45,044 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,442 a month while the average household earns $125,694 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,306
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$125,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waikapu and the region
Centroid at 20.9116, -156.5551 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waikapu scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waikapu
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,442 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waikapu
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waikapu
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waikapu
4.7
How Waikapu compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 9Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2018)
- 9Filings in 2018 (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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.3%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waikapu
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.4/10. 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 Waikapu, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Maui County average of 5.2 and in line with the Hawaii statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is multiracial or other-race and Asian and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 15009030800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030800?
Census tract 15009030800 in Waikapu scores 1.4/10 (Lower 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 15009030800?
Median gross rent is $2,442/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009030800?
5.7% of residents in tract 15009030800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,062.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009030800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 45th, minority 85th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009030800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009030800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 15009030800 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 15009030800 compare to Waikapu overall?
Tract 15009030800 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Waikapu at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waikapu; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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