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SheetHI-SCHOFIELD-BARRACKS-HI · Schofield Barracks, HI 16,755 pop · income 56th 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 Schofield Barracks
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Schofield Barracks on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Donna · lowest
38,082
Donna · lowest
38,082 median HH income
26.6% of the leader · rank #1
Columbia Heig… · near
74,688
Columbia Heig… · near
74,688 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #2
Cameron · near
74,688
Cameron · near
74,688 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #3
Schofield Bar… · this city
74,695
Schofield Bar… · this city
74,695 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #4
Birdsboro · near
74,698
Birdsboro · near
74,698 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #5
Lenape Heights · near
74,700
Lenape Heights · near
74,700 median HH income
52.1% of the leader · rank #6
Ocean Pointe · highest
143,394
Ocean Pointe · highest
143,394 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 Schofield Barracks 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: 16,755.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Schofield Barracks lands in the 56th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
56th
percentile, household income
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: Schofield Barracks, HI
16,755 people live in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Schofield Barracks report a median income of $74,695 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. The median resident age is 22.8 years. 30.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.6% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,433 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Hawaii's average monthly utility costs around $280 (state average). The average commute for Schofield Barracks workers runs 10.4 minutes, with 57.4% driving alone and 2.8% working from home. 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 Schofield Barracks'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Schofield Barracks, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; 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 Schofield Barracks?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 57.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 10.4 minutes.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Schofield Barracks?
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 Ocean Pointe (16,276 residents, $143,394 income); Wahiawa (17,515 residents, $86,883 income); Wailuku (15,754 residents, $93,958 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Estelle, LA (16,761 residents); Taylor, TX (16,767 residents); Wildwood, FL (16,739 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.
Above median income · poverty 4.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
D
City profile score · Schofield Barracks, HI
48/100
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.
Poverty rate B
4.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$74,695
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).
Schofield Barracks profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.5%
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,695
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Schofield Barracks compare to other US cities?
Here's how Schofield Barracks stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income56% higher 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 Schofield Barracks 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 Schofield Barracks near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Schofield Barracks ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Schofield Barracks only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#118 of 155
24th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#116 of 160
26th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#79 of 160
51st 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
56th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$74,695Schofield Barracks, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Schofield Barracks, 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 Schofield Barracks, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)16.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
16,755
Median Income
$74,695
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
22.8
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
16.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
10.4 minutes
Drive Alone
57.4%
Carpool
10.1%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
26.5%
Work from Home
2.8%
Other
2.9%
Based on 9,982 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 Schofield Barracks. 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 Schofield Barracks 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 Schofield Barracks sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Schofield Barracks 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.