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Place dossier plate
SheetHI-OLINDA-HI ยท Olinda, HI 996 pop ยท income 78th 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 Olinda
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Olinda on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Crawford ยท lowest
24,917
Crawford ยท lowest
24,917 median HH income
15.4% of the leader ยท rank #1
Weymouth ยท near
100,077
Weymouth ยท near
100,077 median HH income
61.8% of the leader ยท rank #2
Healdsburg ยท near
100,082
Healdsburg ยท near
100,082 median HH income
61.8% of the leader ยท rank #3
Taconite ยท near
100,089
Taconite ยท near
100,089 median HH income
61.8% of the leader ยท rank #4
Olinda ยท this city
100,096
Olinda ยท this city
100,096 median HH income
61.8% of the leader ยท rank #5
Union ยท near
100,104
Union ยท near
100,104 median HH income
61.8% of the leader ยท rank #6
Mahinahina ยท highest
161,875
Mahinahina ยท highest
161,875 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท 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 Olinda 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: 996.
Nationally, Olinda sits in the 78th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
78th
percentile, household income
98th
percentile, home value
99th
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: Olinda, HI
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 996 residents in Olinda, a small town within Hawaii. The typical household in Olinda brings in $100,096 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.4%. Typical homes in Olinda are valued around $1,114,700, and the median resident age is 49.5 years. About 46.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.8% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,433 per month statewide. 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 Olinda'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 housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Olinda, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Olinda?
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 Laupahoehoe (995 residents, $66,071 income); Eden Roc (973 residents, $31,324 income); Halaula (1,049 residents, $65,694 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dyer, AR (996 residents); Crawford, GA (996 residents); Morristown, IN (996 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Olinda?
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 11.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Olinda?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 62.0%. 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.
Highest-decile cost ยท BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
C+
City profile score ยท Olinda, HI
60/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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 A-
46.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$100,096
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.4%
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 โ 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).
Olinda profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 81/100 (A-) ยท 46.3%
Household income: 77/100 (B+) ยท $100,096
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) ยท 3.4%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) ยท 110.0 index
How does Olinda compare to other US cities?
Olinda measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income78% higher than other cities
Home value98% 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 Olinda 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 Olinda near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Olinda ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Olinda only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#61 of 155
61st percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Median Home Value
#23 of 150
85th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#126 of 160
21st percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#26 of 160
84th 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
78th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Olinda's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,114,7002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% 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 ยท 2023
Olinda's home-value-to-income ratio: 11.1ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0ร
National rank
#15,426 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,262 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 11.1ร, Olinda sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,426 of 15,516 and #11,262 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 รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$100,096Olinda, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Olinda, 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 Olinda, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)46.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
996
Median Income
$100,096
Median Home Value
$1,114,700
Median Age
49.5
Poverty Rate
3.4%
Labor force participation
63.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
46.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
62.0%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
26.9%
Other
5.8%
Based on 581 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 Olinda. 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 Olinda 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 Olinda sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Olinda 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.