Honolulu County, Hawaii

Honolulu County has a population of 1,001,146 and has shrunk 2.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $897,500, about 8.4 times the county's median household income of $106,195.

Home price
$897,500
Income
$106,195
Population
1,001,146
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$897,500county
Median gross rent$2,083county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198057.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented40.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.9%county
Typical monthly rent$3,038county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,642county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$2,016county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$3,674county
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$106,195county
Family health premium / yr$22,709(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,167(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.448(statewide)
Poverty rate9.2%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 home9.2%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.6%county
Share of workers employed by government23.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.7%county
Economic output per resident$86,967county

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 time26.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service3.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport10449022county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station3,568 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.7%county
Traffic deaths8.4county
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 higher38.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.2%county
Public schools in the county186county
Public school enrollment111011county
Students per full-time teacher14.3county
Free lunch eligible41.9%county
Elementary schools126county
Middle schools26county
High schools24county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above9county
Share of local colleges that are public43.8%county
Two-year institutions7county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians93county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county11county
Hospitals here with an emergency department9county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter3.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.9%county
Frequent mental distress13.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.1%county

Place

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

Population1,001,146county
Land area in square miles601county
People per square mile of land1666.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores164county
Convenience stores126county
Share living far from a food store28.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract8.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age39.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.6%county
Share of households that are one person25.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States19.6%county
Second languages26.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls38.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents78county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-7county
Households that moved in21,092county
Households that moved away23,227county
Average income of arriving households$73,570county
Average income of departing households$70,570county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,446county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings58.0%county
Violent crime rate218(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature74°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.72 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F11 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing13 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 10acounty
Frost-free days217 days(statewide)
Average first fall frostAug 31county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$195county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh42.9¢county
Household electricity use454 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$52.18(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity48.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas3.9%county
Homes heated by propane1.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband92.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk99.3county
Coastal flood risk75.6county
Drought risk13.5county
Landslide risk99.6county
Hail risk10.9county
Earthquake risk98.6county
Tornado risk33.2county
Tropical cyclone risk73.3county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk0.0county
Strong wind risk7.9county
Wildfire risk99.0county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Honolulu 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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