Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Happy Valley Eviction Risk: Elevated , Wailuku
Tract 15009030901 · Maui County, HI · pop 2,240 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 15009030901 in the Happy Valley area of Wailuku, HI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,240 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units903
Renter share57.4%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$64,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wailuku and the region
Centroid at 20.8894, -156.5052 · click any tract to drill in
Why Happy Valley scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wailuku
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,559 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wailuku
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wailuku
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wailuku
5.5
How Happy Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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)
- 13Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2018)
- 13Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Happy Valley. 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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.8%Food insecurity
- 17.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Happy Valley
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Maui County average of 48.5%. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 13 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,559, 12% below the Wailuku average.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 2.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 15009030901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030901?
Census tract 15009030901 in the Happy Valley neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 15009030901?
Median gross rent is $1,559/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009030901?
7.6% of residents in tract 15009030901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009030901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 58th, minority 85th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 15009030901 considered part of Happy Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15009030901 fall within Happy Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009030901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009030901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 15009030901 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 15009030901 compare to Wailuku overall?
Tract 15009030901 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Wailuku at 5.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wailuku eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wailuku
Top eight tracts in Wailuku ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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