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SheetHI-HANALEI-HI · Hanalei, HI 239 pop · income 85th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hanalei
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hanalei on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cornwall Brid… · lowest
30,357
Cornwall Brid… · lowest
30,357 median HH income
12.1% of the leader · rank #1
Skaneateles · near
114,355
Skaneateles · near
114,355 median HH income
45.7% of the leader · rank #2
Hanalei · this city
114,375
Hanalei · this city
114,375 median HH income
45.7% of the leader · rank #3
East Hampton · near
114,375
East Hampton · near
114,375 median HH income
45.7% of the leader · rank #4
Colfax · near
114,375
Colfax · near
114,375 median HH income
45.7% of the leader · rank #5
Warner · near
114,375
Warner · near
114,375 median HH income
45.7% of the leader · rank #6
Jeff · highest
250,001
Jeff · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hanalei on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 239.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Hanalei places in the 85th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
99th
percentile, home value
99th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
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.
Data Snapshot: Hanalei, HI
239 people live in Hanalei, Hawaii - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $114,375 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.6%. Hanalei's published median home value is $2,000,000+, the Census ACS ceiling for owner-occupied units rather than a precise appraisal, and the median resident age is 65.3 years. About 64.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 26.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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 $2,433 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Hawaii run around $280, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Hanalei report an average commute of 14.9 minutes, with 64.8% driving alone and 35.2% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.0 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hanalei's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hanalei, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Hanalei?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 64.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hanalei?
Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Black Sands (237 residents); Maalaea (242 residents, $93,750 income); Kalihiwai (232 residents, $103,333 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fort Apache, AZ (239 residents); Moro, AR (239 residents); Bear Valley CDP (Mariposa County), CA (239 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Hanalei?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 17.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Hanalei?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 14.9 minutes.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Home value is shown as $2,000,000+ for the same reason.
C
City profile score · Hanalei, HI
59/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
64.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$114,375
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hanalei profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 64.8%
Household income: 83/100 (A-) · $114,375
Poverty rate: 55/100 (C) · 6.6%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Hanalei compare to other US cities?
Where Hanalei sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value99% pricier than other cities
Median rent99% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hanalei against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Hawaii only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Hawaii-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hanalei near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hanalei ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hanalei only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#43 of 155
72nd percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#1 of 150
97th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#77 of 160
52nd percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#2 of 160
99th percentile in Hawaii
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Hawaii only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Hanalei's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$2,000,000+1st percentilemore affordable than 1% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Hanalei's home-value-to-income ratio: 17.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,504 of 15,516
More affordable than 0% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,313 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 17.5×, Hanalei sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,504 of 15,516 and #11,313 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$114,375Hanalei, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hanalei, HI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hanalei, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)64.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)26.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
239
Median Income
$114,375
Median Home Value
$2,000,000+
Median Age
65.3
Poverty Rate
6.6%
Labor force participation
26.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
64.8%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
14.9 minutes
Drive Alone
64.8%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
35.2%
Based on 54 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Hawaii statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $280
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Hawaii at $280 (electricity about $220 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Hawaii statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hanalei. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Hawaii's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.0 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hanalei is $2,433/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Hawaii statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.0 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Hawaii statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hanalei sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hanalei compares to similar-size Hawaii cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, 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.