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Place dossier plate
SheetHI-LAUNIUPOKO-HI · Launiupoko, HI 669 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 Launiupoko
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Launiupoko on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Chatom · lowest
39,444
Chatom · lowest
39,444 median HH income
26.6% of the leader · rank #1
Nesconset · near
148,291
Nesconset · near
148,291 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Trego-Rohrers… · near
148,309
Trego-Rohrers… · near
148,309 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Launiupoko · this city
148,333
Launiupoko · this city
148,333 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Harvey Cedars · near
148,333
Harvey Cedars · near
148,333 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Dorset · near
148,385
Dorset · near
148,385 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Marlin · highest
148,390
Marlin · highest
148,390 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 Launiupoko 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: 669.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Launiupoko lands 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: Launiupoko, HI
Hawaii's Launiupoko is a small town, with 669 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Launiupoko report a median income of $148,333 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.5%. Home values in Launiupoko sit on the ACS top-code of $2,000,000+; the true median is at least that high and is not published exactly, and the median resident age is 54.6 years. About 48.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 47.8% 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. 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. 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 Launiupoko'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 Launiupoko, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, 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 Launiupoko?
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 Paauilo (634 residents, $65,750 income); Waikoloa Beach Resort (737 residents, $83,438 income); Volcano (580 residents, $72,135 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chatom, AL (669 residents); Lakeville, IN (669 residents); Lake City, MI (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.
What does the journey to work look like in Launiupoko?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 58.3%. 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. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Launiupoko?
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 13.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Top-decile income · poverty 6.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Home value is shown as $2,000,000+ for the same reason.
C+
City profile score · Launiupoko, HI
62/100
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+
$148,333
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.5%
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).
Launiupoko profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 96/100 (A+) · $148,333
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 48.5%
Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.5%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Launiupoko compare to other US cities?
Where Launiupoko 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 Launiupoko 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 Launiupoko near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Launiupoko ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Launiupoko only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#8 of 155
95th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#1 of 150
97th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#78 of 160
51st percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#22 of 160
86th 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 Launiupoko's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$2,000,000+1st 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
Launiupoko's home-value-to-income ratio: 13.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,480 of 15,516
More affordable than 0% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,296 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 13.5×, Launiupoko sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,480 of 15,516 and #11,296 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
$148,333Launiupoko, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Launiupoko, 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 Launiupoko, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
669
Median Income
$148,333
Median Home Value
$2,000,000+
Median Age
54.6
Poverty Rate
6.5%
Labor force participation
47.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
58.3%
Carpool
8.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
31.4%
Other
0.8%
Based on 264 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 Launiupoko. 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 Launiupoko 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 Launiupoko sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Launiupoko 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.