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Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Kahului Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 15009031102 · Maui County, HI · pop 5,916

Tract 15009031102 sits in Kahului eviction risk, HI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 28% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$91,925

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 6 tracts In Kahului
Elevated
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#28 of 45 tracts In Maui County
Low
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#208 of 436 tracts In Hawaii
Moderate
National
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#19,618 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Kahului and the region

Centroid at 20.8817, -156.4799 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kahului scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Kahului
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Hawaii legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kahului
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kahului
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kahului
5.5

How Kahului compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Kahului risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.9This tracttract 0311025.9Kahuluiparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 10Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.2%Peak (2018)
  • 10Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kahului

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. At $1,047 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Kahului commands.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. 39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Maui County average of 48.5%.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2018 at 1.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $91,925, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Maui County average of 6.1 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 15009031102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 15009031102?

Census tract 15009031102 in Kahului scores 5.9/10 (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 15009031102?

Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 15009031102?

8.2% of residents in tract 15009031102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,916.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 15009031102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 52th, minority 90th, housing 83th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 15009031102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 15009031102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.23% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 15009031102 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 15009031102 compare to Kahului overall?

Tract 15009031102 scores 5.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Kahului at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kahului eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kahului

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

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