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SheetHI-KAILUA-CDP-HONOLULU-COUNTY-HI · Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI 39,762 pop · income 94th 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Apache Juncti… · lowest
58,619
Apache Juncti… · lowest
58,619 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #1
Alpharetta · near
146,581
Alpharetta · near
146,581 median HH income
92.5% of the leader · rank #2
Malverne · near
146,585
Malverne · near
146,585 median HH income
92.5% of the leader · rank #3
Eldersburg · near
146,598
Eldersburg · near
146,598 median HH income
92.6% of the leader · rank #4
Kailua CDP (H… · this city
146,615
Kailua CDP (H… · this city
146,615 median HH income
92.6% of the leader · rank #5
Bartonsville · near
146,641
Bartonsville · near
146,641 median HH income
92.6% of the leader · rank #6
East Honolulu · highest
158,398
East Honolulu · highest
158,398 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) 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: 39,762.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) places in the 94th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
94th
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: Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI
Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) is a small city in Hawaii, home to 39,762 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) brings in $146,615 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.3%. Typical homes in Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) are valued around $1,239,000, and the median resident age is 43.1 years. 54.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 57.7% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,433 per month. 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County)'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 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Kailua CDP (Honolulu County)?
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 Waipahu (39,871 residents, $98,633 income); Kaneohe (35,945 residents, $124,632 income); Pearl (45,079 residents, $114,682 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Apache Junction, AZ (39,746 residents); Fort Lee, NJ (39,818 residents); DeLand, FL (39,832 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Kailua CDP (Honolulu County)?
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 8.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Kailua CDP (Honolulu County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.8%. 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
B-
City profile score · Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI
69/100
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.
Household income A+
$146,615
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
54.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.3%
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).
How does Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) compare to other US cities?
Where Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income94% 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#9 of 155
94th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#12 of 150
92nd percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#139 of 160
13th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#9 of 160
94th 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
94th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Kailua CDP (Honolulu County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,239,0001st 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,147 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,224 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 8.5×, Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,147 of 15,516 and #3,224 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$146,615Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)54.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)57.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
39,762
Median Income
$146,615
Median Home Value
$1,239,000
Median Age
43.1
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Labor force participation
57.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
54.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.8%
Carpool
11.0%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
11.5%
Other
1.2%
Based on 19,480 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County). 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) 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 Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) 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.