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SheetHI-MAUNALOA-HI · Maunaloa, HI 292 pop · income 28th 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 Maunaloa
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Maunaloa on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Beulah · lowest
31,542
Beulah · lowest
31,542 median HH income
27.1% of the leader · rank #1
Galva · near
55,446
Galva · near
55,446 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #2
Maunaloa · this city
55,455
Maunaloa · this city
55,455 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #3
Payette · near
55,455
Payette · near
55,455 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #4
Peck · near
55,455
Peck · near
55,455 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #5
Hibbing · near
55,463
Hibbing · near
55,463 median HH income
47.7% of the leader · rank #6
Puako · highest
116,250
Puako · highest
116,250 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 Maunaloa 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: 292.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Maunaloa places in the 28th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
28th
percentile, household income
74th
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: Maunaloa, HI
292 people live in Maunaloa, Hawaii - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Maunaloa report a median income of $55,455 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. Home values in Maunaloa run a median of $365,800, and the median resident age is 32.3 years. Educational attainment runs 31.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 74.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. Commute times here average 15.7 minutes, with 56.2% driving alone and 4.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. 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 Maunaloa'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 comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Maunaloa, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, 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 Maunaloa?
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 56.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.7 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Maunaloa?
Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Seaview (293 residents); Pakala (295 residents); Puako (302 residents, $116,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Catherine, CO (292 residents); East Cape Girardeau, IL (292 residents); Merom, IN (292 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.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 31.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
How far does income reach against housing in Maunaloa?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, 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.
Below median income · poverty 6.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
F
City profile score · Maunaloa, HI
37/100
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+
31.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$55,455
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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).
Maunaloa profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 61/100 (C+) · 31.7%
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Household income: 28/100 (F) · $55,455
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Maunaloa compare to other US cities?
Here's how Maunaloa stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income28% higher than other cities
Home value74% 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 Maunaloa 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 Maunaloa near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Maunaloa ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Maunaloa only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#142 of 155
8th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#126 of 150
16th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#86 of 160
45th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#72 of 160
55th 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
28th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Maunaloa's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$365,80026th percentilemore affordable than 26% 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
Maunaloa's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,476 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,689 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.6×, Maunaloa sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,476 of 15,516 and #10,689 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
$55,455Maunaloa, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Maunaloa, 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 Maunaloa, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)31.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)74.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
292
Median Income
$55,455
Median Home Value
$365,800
Median Age
32.3
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
74.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
31.7%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.7 minutes
Drive Alone
56.2%
Carpool
13.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
25.5%
Work from Home
4.4%
Based on 137 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 Maunaloa. 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 Maunaloa 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 Maunaloa sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Maunaloa 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, NCES CCD, 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.