Maui Recovery Dashboard

Housing

50%

Fire-impacted households typically pay 50-60% more rent than they did before the wildfires for the same number of bedrooms or fewer.

About half of the people who have lower incomes today than before the wildfires are now paying higher rents.

The proportion of fire-affected households living with family/friends or unhoused has nearly doubled since the wildfires, but appears to have decreased slightly in the last few months.

about90%

of residents from the Lahaina burn area are still displaced from their homes and about half also had to leave West Maui.

about1/3

of those who worked or owned businesses in West Maui or Kula, but lived elsewhere, were displaced from their homes following the disaster.

at least1 in 8

of the surveyed households live in crowded conditions.

about1 in 3

households currently living outside of West Maui plan to move back within the next year.

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Economic Impact

Almost twice as many fire-impacted households live in poverty now compared to before the fires. In total, more than 20% of fire-affected households now live below the poverty line and 15% have fallen into poverty since the wildfires and poverty rates have remained broadly stable in the last six months.

25%

About a quarter of survey participants have seen their income drop by more than half since the wildfires.

Fire-impacted individuals face reduced job stability. Many work fewer hours, earn less income, or have lost their jobs entirely. Fire-impacted individuals in the survey cohort are more likely to be unemployed than the overall Maui population.

only about60%

of the survey participants who were employed in the tourism industry before the fires still have jobs in the sector. Less than half kept their full-time employment in the tourism industry.

Many survey respondents report ongoing unmet needs, especially financial support, housing and food assistance.

financial
support

housing

food assistance

Assistance has decreased. Nearly a third of respondents have not received any assistance in the past month.

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The Survey

Launched one year after the Maui wildfires, the Maui Housing and Jobs Recovery Tracker survey monitors the housing and socioeconomic recovery on Maui. The data will be reported and updated on this website each month. The project is run by UHERO with funding from the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

The survey focuses on people who lived, worked, or owned a business in West Maui or Kula during the August 2023 wildfires. We call this group “fire-impacted,” while recognizing that the wider Maui community has also been affected. So far more than 900 people have participated in the survey, with an average monthly sample of about 425 responses.

The (near) real-time and ongoing nature of this survey is critical to assessing the progress of Maui’s recovery. Most of the existing data about the fire-affected community is not publicly available and not updated on a frequent basis. This project aims to assist data-driven recovery management and ensure transparency.