Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Happy Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wailuku
Tract 15009030902 · Maui County, HI · pop 3,167 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 15009030902 sits in the Happy Valley area of Wailuku eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 3,167 residents. Against Maui County at 48.5%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,130
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$99,722
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wailuku and the region
Centroid at 20.9017, -156.4887 · click any tract to drill in
Why Happy Valley scores 5.2
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
$1,953 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 5Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2018)
- 5Filings 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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Happy Valley
The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 filings here across 1 tracked years. It sits 0.9 points below the Maui County average of 6.1.
At $1,953 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Wailuku commands. Filings peaked in 2018 at 1.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $99,722.
35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 15009030902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009030902?
Census tract 15009030902 in the Happy Valley neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 15009030902?
Median gross rent is $1,953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 15009030902?
7.6% of residents in tract 15009030902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,167.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 15009030902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 59th, minority 85th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 15009030902 considered part of Happy Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 15009030902 fall within Happy Valley (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009030902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009030902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.97% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 15009030902 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 15009030902 compare to Wailuku overall?
Tract 15009030902 scores 5.2/10, right in line with 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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