Population
571 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Hawaii
City profile · Hawaii · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Haena - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Haena - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Haena places in the 90th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Hawaii's Haena is a small town, with 571 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Haena households earn a median of $128,333 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.3%. Haena's housing stock carries a median value of $1,166,700, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. 40.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Hawaii carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Hawaii scores 110.0 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,332 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $280 across Hawaii, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 84.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
Population
571 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Hawaii
Median Household Income
$128,333 /yr
Poverty 14.3%
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Well Above Average - BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
Here's how Haena stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Haena's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in Hawaii, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
90th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Haena's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,166,700 2nd percentile more affordable than 2% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 229 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Hawaii - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Hawaii state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Hawaii state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Haena sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Haena's 571 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Haena's $128,333 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
571 people live in Haena, HI according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
In Haena, the typical household earns $128,333 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Haena; the closest available measure is the Hawaii state average, a cost of living index of 110.0 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Above Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Hawaii vary by metro area.
A typical home in Haena is worth $1,166,700, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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