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SheetHI-KAHALUU-KEAUHOU-HI · Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI 6,670 pop · income 74th 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kahaluu-Keauhou on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Belpre · lowest
50,930
Belpre · lowest
50,930 median HH income
32.5% of the leader · rank #1
Goehner · near
93,583
Goehner · near
93,583 median HH income
59.7% of the leader · rank #2
Mariaville La… · near
93,589
Mariaville La… · near
93,589 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #3
Kahaluu-Keauh… · this city
93,594
Kahaluu-Keauh… · this city
93,594 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #4
Millingport · near
93,594
Millingport · near
93,594 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #5
Eatonville · near
93,603
Eatonville · near
93,603 median HH income
59.8% of the leader · rank #6
Green Knoll · highest
156,630
Green Knoll · highest
156,630 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou 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: 6,670.
Nationally, Kahaluu-Keauhou sits in the 74th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
74th
percentile, household income
95th
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: Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI
6,670 people live in Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Kahaluu-Keauhou brings in $93,594 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.1%. Typical homes in Kahaluu-Keauhou are valued around $830,600, and the median resident age is 51.0 years. About 45.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 48.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Hawaii carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Hawaii at 110.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). 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. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kahaluu-Keauhou'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kahaluu-Keauhou, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Kahaluu-Keauhou?
Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Wailea (6,571 residents, $89,375 income); Kula (6,557 residents, $91,476 income); Napili-Honokowai (6,897 residents, $102,337 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lutherville, MD (6,670 residents); Edgemoor, DE (6,671 residents); Raleigh Hills, OR (6,669 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Kahaluu-Keauhou?
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 71.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Kahaluu-Keauhou?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 8.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.1%, 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.
Above median income · poverty 7.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
C-
City profile score · Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI
53/100
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-
45.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B
$93,594
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
7.1%
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).
Kahaluu-Keauhou profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 80/100 (A-) · 45.7%
Household income: 73/100 (B) · $93,594
Poverty rate: 52/100 (C-) · 7.1%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Kahaluu-Keauhou compare to other US cities?
Where Kahaluu-Keauhou sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income74% higher than other cities
Home value95% 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kahaluu-Keauhou ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kahaluu-Keauhou only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#72 of 155
54th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#60 of 150
60th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#69 of 160
56th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#27 of 160
83rd 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
74th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Kahaluu-Keauhou's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$830,6005th percentilemore affordable than 5% 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
#15,223 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,145 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.9×, Kahaluu-Keauhou sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,223 of 15,516 and #11,145 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
$93,594Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kahaluu-Keauhou, 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,670
Median Income
$93,594
Median Home Value
$830,600
Median Age
51.0
Poverty Rate
7.1%
Labor force participation
48.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
45.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.5%
Carpool
10.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
15.3%
Other
0.8%
Based on 2,557 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou. 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou 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 Kahaluu-Keauhou sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kahaluu-Keauhou 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.