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SheetHI-HAWAIIAN-OCEAN-VIEW-HI · Hawaiian Ocean View, HI 3,809 pop · income 14th 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 Hawaiian Ocean View
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hawaiian Ocean View on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lincoln · lowest
45,912
Lincoln · lowest
45,912 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #1
Pathfork · near
45,913
Pathfork · near
45,913 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #2
Hawaiian Ocea… · this city
45,917
Hawaiian Ocea… · this city
45,917 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #3
Fox Farm-Coll… · near
45,917
Fox Farm-Coll… · near
45,917 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #4
Hayfork · near
45,918
Hayfork · near
45,918 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #5
Shiloh · near
45,919
Shiloh · near
45,919 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #6
Oakhurst · highest
142,727
Oakhurst · highest
142,727 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 Hawaiian Ocean View 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: 3,809.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Hawaiian Ocean View places in the 14th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
14th
percentile, household income
53rd
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: Hawaiian Ocean View, HI
Hawaii's Hawaiian Ocean View is a small town, with 3,809 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Hawaiian Ocean View households earn a median of $45,917 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.3%. Typical homes in Hawaiian Ocean View are valued around $239,200, and the median resident age is 50.8 years. About 15.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 38.1% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,433 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $280 across Hawaii, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 75.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hawaiian Ocean View'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hawaiian Ocean View, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Hawaiian Ocean View?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hawaiian Ocean View?
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.
Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Whitmore (3,821 residents, $102,155 income); Mountain View (3,833 residents, $63,882 income); Captain Cook (3,751 residents, $124,551 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Meridian, PA (3,809 residents); Robbinsville Center, NJ (3,808 residents); Oakhurst, NJ (3,811 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Hawaiian Ocean View?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
F
City profile score · Hawaiian Ocean View, HI
17/100
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.
Poverty rate F
14.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$45,917
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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).
Hawaiian Ocean View profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) · 14.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 21/100 (F) · 15.2%
Household income: 15/100 (F) · $45,917
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Hawaiian Ocean View compare to other US cities?
Hawaiian Ocean View measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income14% higher than other cities
Home value53% 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 Hawaiian Ocean View 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 Hawaiian Ocean View near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hawaiian Ocean View ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hawaiian Ocean View only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#148 of 155
5th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#142 of 150
5th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#28 of 160
82nd percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#144 of 160
9th 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
14th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Hawaiian Ocean View's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$239,20047th percentilemore affordable than 47% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,198 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,938 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.2×, Hawaiian Ocean View sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,198 of 15,516 and #9,938 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
$45,917Hawaiian Ocean View, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hawaiian Ocean View, 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 Hawaiian Ocean View, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)38.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,809
Median Income
$45,917
Median Home Value
$239,200
Median Age
50.8
Poverty Rate
14.3%
Labor force participation
38.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.8%
Carpool
28.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 1,136 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 Hawaiian Ocean View. 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 Hawaiian Ocean View 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 Hawaiian Ocean View sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hawaiian Ocean View 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, 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.