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SheetHI-WAIAHOLE-WAIKANE-HI · Waiahole-Waikane, HI 879 pop · income 62nd 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 Waiahole-Waikane
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Waiahole-Waikane on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lattimer · lowest
31,427
Lattimer · lowest
31,427 median HH income
22.7% of the leader · rank #1
Waiahole-Waik… · this city
80,556
Waiahole-Waik… · this city
80,556 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #2
Marathon · near
80,556
Marathon · near
80,556 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #3
Stronghurst · near
80,556
Stronghurst · near
80,556 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #4
Walker · near
80,556
Walker · near
80,556 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #5
East Washingt… · near
80,556
East Washingt… · near
80,556 median HH income
58.1% of the leader · rank #6
Volcano Golf… · highest
138,726
Volcano Golf… · highest
138,726 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 Waiahole-Waikane 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: 879.
Waiahole-Waikane ranks in the 62nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
62nd
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: Waiahole-Waikane, HI
Waiahole-Waikane is a small town in Hawaii, home to 879 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $80,556 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.7%. The median resident age is 41.3 years. 43.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 53.6% 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). 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 Waiahole-Waikane'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 work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Waiahole-Waikane, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Waiahole-Waikane?
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 Fern Forest (880 residents, $33,173 income); Royal Hawaiian Estates (889 residents, $61,477 income); Punaluu (855 residents, $88,611 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Harlem, MT (879 residents); Charlestown, NH (879 residents); Killdeer, ND (879 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Waiahole-Waikane?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 47.5%. 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.
Above median income · poverty 6.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.0 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
D
City profile score · Waiahole-Waikane, HI
49/100
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 B+
43.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C+
$80,556
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C-
6.7%
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 ≈ 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).
Waiahole-Waikane profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.0%
Household income: 60/100 (C+) · $80,556
Poverty rate: 54/100 (C-) · 6.7%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Waiahole-Waikane compare to other US cities?
Where Waiahole-Waikane sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income62% 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 Waiahole-Waikane 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 Waiahole-Waikane near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Waiahole-Waikane ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Waiahole-Waikane only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#106 of 155
32nd percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#73 of 160
53rd percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#34 of 160
79th 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
62nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$80,556Waiahole-Waikane, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Waiahole-Waikane, 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 Waiahole-Waikane, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
879
Median Income
$80,556
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
41.3
Poverty Rate
6.7%
Labor force participation
53.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
47.5%
Carpool
9.6%
Public Transit
2.6%
Walk
3.5%
Work from Home
31.9%
Other
4.9%
Based on 345 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 Waiahole-Waikane. 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 Waiahole-Waikane 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 Waiahole-Waikane sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Waiahole-Waikane 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.