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SheetHI-MILILANI-MAUKA-HI · Mililani Mauka, HI 21,967 pop · income 92nd 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 Mililani Mauka
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mililani Mauka on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Chillicothe · lowest
49,193
Chillicothe · lowest
49,193 median HH income
35.2% of the leader · rank #1
Reston · near
139,515
Reston · near
139,515 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Greenville · near
139,541
Greenville · near
139,541 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Mililani Mauka · this city
139,564
Mililani Mauka · this city
139,564 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Brentwood · near
139,567
Brentwood · near
139,567 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Glenn Dale · near
139,625
Glenn Dale · near
139,625 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Pewee Valley · highest
139,688
Pewee Valley · highest
139,688 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 Mililani Mauka 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: 21,967.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mililani Mauka lands in the 92nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
92nd
percentile, household income
96th
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: Mililani Mauka, HI
Hawaii's Mililani Mauka is a small city, with 21,967 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Mililani Mauka brings in $139,564 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.2%. Typical homes in Mililani Mauka are valued around $901,800, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. Educational attainment runs 48.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 67.2% 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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,433 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Hawaii's average monthly utility costs around $280 (state average). 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 Mililani Mauka'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 Mililani Mauka, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Mililani Mauka?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.4%. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Mililani Mauka?
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 6.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mililani Mauka?
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 Kailua CDP (Hawaii County) (21,851 residents, $86,743 income); Kihei (22,564 residents, $87,568 income); Kapolei (23,033 residents, $129,260 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lorton, VA (21,961 residents); Chillicothe, OH (21,958 residents); Ozark, MO (21,953 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.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
B-
City profile score · Mililani Mauka, HI
68/100
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+
$139,564
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.9%
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).
Mililani Mauka profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $139,564
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 48.9%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Mililani Mauka compare to other US cities?
Where Mililani Mauka sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value96% 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 Mililani Mauka 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 Mililani Mauka near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mililani Mauka ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mililani Mauka only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#11 of 155
93rd percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#39 of 150
74th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#140 of 160
12th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#21 of 160
87th 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
92nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mililani Mauka's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$901,8004th percentilemore affordable than 4% 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
Mililani Mauka's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,423 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,040 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 6.5×, Mililani Mauka sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,423 of 15,516 and #3,040 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
$139,564Mililani Mauka, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mililani Mauka, 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 Mililani Mauka, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
21,967
Median Income
$139,564
Median Home Value
$901,800
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
2.2%
Labor force participation
67.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.4%
Carpool
11.7%
Public Transit
1.3%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
9.4%
Other
0.8%
Based on 12,071 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 Mililani Mauka. 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 Mililani Mauka 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 Mililani Mauka sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mililani Mauka 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.