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SheetHI-LEILANI-ESTATES-HI · Leilani Estates, HI 1,415 pop · income 1st 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 Leilani Estates
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Leilani Estates on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
San Lorenzo z… · lowest
23,141
San Lorenzo z… · lowest
23,141 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #1
Leilani Estat… · this city
23,177
Leilani Estat… · this city
23,177 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #2
Fort McDermitt · near
23,182
Fort McDermitt · near
23,182 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #3
Mound Bayou · near
23,194
Mound Bayou · near
23,194 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #4
Galt · near
23,194
Galt · near
23,194 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #5
Fairlea · near
23,197
Fairlea · near
23,197 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #6
Poipu · highest
138,864
Poipu · highest
138,864 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 Leilani Estates 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: 1,415.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Leilani Estates lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
53rd
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: Leilani Estates, HI
Hawaii's Leilani Estates is a small town, with 1,415 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Leilani Estates brings in $23,177 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 36.1%. Home values in Leilani Estates run a median of $237,300, and the median resident age is 52.4 years. About 28.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 40.8% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,433 per month statewide. 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 Leilani Estates'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Leilani Estates, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Leilani Estates?
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 69.1%. 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 Leilani Estates?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 10.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 36.1%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Leilani Estates?
Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Poipu (1,418 residents, $138,864 income); Omao (1,429 residents, $87,308 income); Pahoa (1,430 residents, $55,903 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Malvern, IA (1,415 residents); Strawberry Point, IA (1,415 residents); Holly Hill, SC (1,415 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 36.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
F
City profile score · Leilani Estates, HI
12/100
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 C
28.4%
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.
Household income F
$23,177
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
36.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Leilani Estates profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 55/100 (C) · 28.4%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $23,177
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 36.1%
How does Leilani Estates compare to other US cities?
Where Leilani Estates sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value53% 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 Leilani Estates 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 Leilani Estates near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Leilani Estates ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Leilani Estates only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#154 of 155
1st percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#143 of 150
5th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#5 of 160
97th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#91 of 160
43rd 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Leilani Estates's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$237,30047th percentilemore affordable than 47% 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
#15,369 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,223 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 10.2×, Leilani Estates sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,369 of 15,516 and #11,223 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
$23,177Leilani Estates, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Leilani Estates, 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 Leilani Estates, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)36.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,415
Median Income
$23,177
Median Home Value
$237,300
Median Age
52.4
Poverty Rate
36.1%
Labor force participation
40.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
69.1%
Carpool
11.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.6%
Work from Home
11.8%
Other
1.7%
Based on 482 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 Leilani Estates. 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 Leilani Estates 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 Leilani Estates sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Leilani Estates 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.