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SheetHI-HICKAM-HOUSING-HI · Hickam Housing, HI 9,195 pop · income 84th 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 Hickam Housing
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hickam Housing on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cusseta-Chatt… · lowest
59,221
Cusseta-Chatt… · lowest
59,221 median HH income
43.8% of the leader · rank #1
Rosewood · near
111,658
Rosewood · near
111,658 median HH income
82.5% of the leader · rank #2
Hickam Housing · this city
111,667
Hickam Housing · this city
111,667 median HH income
82.5% of the leader · rank #3
South Bethany · near
111,667
South Bethany · near
111,667 median HH income
82.5% of the leader · rank #4
Lakeland North · near
111,681
Lakeland North · near
111,681 median HH income
82.6% of the leader · rank #5
Pleasureville · near
111,685
Pleasureville · near
111,685 median HH income
82.6% of the leader · rank #6
Aiea · highest
135,286
Aiea · highest
135,286 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 Hickam Housing 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: 9,195.
Hickam Housing ranks in the 84th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
84th
percentile, household income
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: Hickam Housing, HI
9,195 people live in Hickam Housing, Hawaii - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Hickam Housing report a median income of $111,667 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.3%. The median resident age is 25.8 years. 50.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 32.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Hawaii carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 110.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,433 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Hawaii's average monthly utility costs around $280 (state average). The average commute for Hickam Housing workers runs 13.8 minutes, with 73.4% driving alone and 4.2% working from home. 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 Hickam Housing'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hickam Housing, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Hickam Housing?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 13.8 minutes.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hickam Housing?
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 Aiea (9,155 residents, $135,286 income); Haiku-Pauwela (9,290 residents, $99,520 income); Ahuimanu (8,520 residents, $129,028 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Glenshaw, PA (9,194 residents); Washington Terrace, UT (9,196 residents); Marlboro, MD (9,200 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.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
B-
City profile score · Hickam Housing, HI
66/100
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 A+
1.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
50.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$111,667
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).
Hickam Housing profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 91/100 (A+) · 1.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) · 50.6%
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $111,667
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Hickam Housing compare to other US cities?
Hickam Housing measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income84% higher 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 Hickam Housing 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 Hickam Housing near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hickam Housing ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hickam Housing only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#46 of 155
70th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#150 of 160
6th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#18 of 160
89th 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
84th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$111,667Hickam Housing, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hickam Housing, 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 Hickam Housing, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)32.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,195
Median Income
$111,667
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
25.8
Poverty Rate
1.3%
Labor force participation
32.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
13.8 minutes
Drive Alone
73.4%
Carpool
9.1%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
6.9%
Work from Home
4.2%
Other
5.9%
Based on 4,545 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 Hickam Housing. 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 Hickam Housing 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 Hickam Housing sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hickam Housing 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.