What is the population of Kalaeloa, HI?

Use the Data Snapshot above for Kalaeloa's headcount; it is the Census ACS 5-year B01001 estimate for this place, not a same-day count.

What is the median household income in Kalaeloa, HI?

Kalaeloa's household-income number lives in the Snapshot (ACS B19013). FAQ keeps the source contract: 5-year ACS sample, place-level, inflation-adjusted to the survey dollar year.

City profile · Hawaii · Census ACS 2023

Kalaeloa, HI

Name: Kalaeloa, HI City Data
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Kalaeloa's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

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3,229
Residents: $81,833
Median income: $2,433
Median rent (state)

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Place dossier plate

Sheet HI-KALAELOA-HI · Kalaeloa, HI 3,229 pop · income 63rd pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-UNK · BOOK-UNK

POP-VILLAGE 3,229
INC-HIGH $81,833
COL-ABOVE 110.0
SAFE-UNK Safety pending
RANK-UPPER 63rd
PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Beloit
HOME-UNK Homes pending
BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: South Beloit, IL (+ $3 income $)

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.

Perkins · lowest

43,913
Rotterdam · near

81,830
Kalaeloa · this city

81,833
South Beloit · near

81,836
Peterborough · near

81,836
Troy Grove · near

81,838
Keokea · highest

119,464

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.

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Kalaeloa 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: 3,229.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $81,833. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Kalaeloa - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Kalaeloa places in the 63rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

63rd
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: Kalaeloa, HI

Hawaii's Kalaeloa is a small town, with 3,229 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Kalaeloa brings in $81,833 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.1%. The median resident age is 32.9 years. About 22.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 53.7% 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. Monthly utility costs average around $280 across Hawaii, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Kalaeloa'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Kalaeloa, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

Which cities make useful reference points for Kalaeloa?

Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Helemano (3,206 residents, $82,659 income); Orchidlands Estates (3,180 residents, $70,996 income); Lanai (3,283 residents, $79,405 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Port Richey, FL (3,229 residents); Perkins, OK (3,229 residents); Blennerhassett, WV (3,229 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.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Kalaeloa?

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.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 58.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Population

3,229 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$81,833 /yr

Above median income · poverty 1.1% (Very low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

110.0 (US=100)

Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average

City profile score · Kalaeloa, HI

52/100

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+

1.1%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income C+

$81,833

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share D

22.0%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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).

Kalaeloa profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)

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Poverty rate: 92/100 (A+) · 1.1%
Household income: 61/100 (C+) · $81,833
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 22.0%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index

How does Kalaeloa compare to other US cities?

Where Kalaeloa sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 63% higher than other cities

Median rent 99% 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 Kalaeloa 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 Kalaeloa near the bottom of Hawaii's cities

Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kalaeloa ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kalaeloa only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income

#102 of 155

34th percentile in Hawaii

Median Gross Rent

#1 of 160

0th percentile in Hawaii

Poverty Rate

#151 of 160

6th percentile in Hawaii

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

#118 of 160

26th 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

63rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

Income distribution context

$81,833 Kalaeloa, HI median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context

Kalaeloa, 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 Kalaeloa, HI.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 22.0%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 1.1%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 53.7%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population

3,229

Median Income

$81,833

Median Home Value

N/A

Median Age

32.9

Poverty Rate

1.1%

Labor force participation

53.7%

Bachelor's Degree+

22.0%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone

58.2%

Carpool

17.1%

Public Transit

9.9%

Walk

1.3%

Work from Home

9.7%

Other

3.8%

Based on 1,509 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 Kalaeloa. 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 Kalaeloa 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 Kalaeloa sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Kalaeloa 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.

City	Population	Median Household Income
Kalaeloa (this city)	3,229	$81,833
Helemano	3,206	$82,659
Orchidlands Estates	3,180	$70,996
Lanai	3,283	$79,405

Primary sources on this page

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.

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Citation & verification links

Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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