Hawaii County, Hawaii

Hawaii County has a population of 205,769 and has grown 4.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $519,300, about 6.6 times the county's median household income of $78,639.

Home price
$519,300
Income
$78,639
Population
205,769
Unemployment
6.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$519,300county
Median gross rent$1,510county
Median year homes here were built1989county
Share of homes built before 198034.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.3%county
Typical monthly rent$2,828county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,076county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,603county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,622county
Home insurance / yr$659(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living185(statewide)
Median household income$78,639county
Family health premium / yr$22,709(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,167(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.448(statewide)
Poverty rate14.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.1%county
Unemployment rate6.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed10.7%county
Share of workers employed by government20.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.2%county
Economic output per resident$59,256county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.28%county
Top state income tax11.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax7.25%(statewide)
Combined sales tax4.50%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time27.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service25 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport680640county
Miles to nearest general aviation field50 micounty
Airports with airline service located here3county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station4,651 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.8%county
Traffic deaths41.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0003.1(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher31.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.2%county
Public schools in the county55county
Public school enrollment27129county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible58.9%county
Elementary schools28county
Middle schools7county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution23 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians77county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department6county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter3.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year19.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.9%county
Frequent mental distress14.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population205,769county
Land area in square miles4,028county
People per square mile of land51.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores44county
Convenience stores21county
Share living far from a food store18.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract17.6%county
Population change since 2020+4.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age44.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.8%county
Share of households that are one person26.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States11.8%county
Second languages22.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls41.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents138county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in4,103county
Households that moved away3,699county
Average income of arriving households$84,921county
Average income of departing households$62,523county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes14county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,230county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings6.0%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature63.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.0 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.76 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing4 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days211 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 5county
Average first fall frostNov 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$220county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh48.3¢county
Household electricity use455 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$52.18(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity26.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.4%county
Homes heated by propane4.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.1%county
Households with broadband91.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk98.9county
Coastal flood risk50.8county
Drought risk27.6county
Landslide risk84.1county
Hail risk4.3county
Earthquake risk99.1county
Tornado risk7.4county
Tropical cyclone risk68.3county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk1.7county
Strong wind risk2.6county
Wildfire risk98.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hawaii County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Hawaii figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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