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Place dossier plate
SheetHI-WHEELER-AFB-HI · Wheeler AFB, HI 2,196 pop · income 70th 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 Wheeler AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Wheeler AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Llano Grande · lowest
34,818
Llano Grande · lowest
34,818 median HH income
14.7% of the leader · rank #1
Wheeler AFB · this city
88,409
Wheeler AFB · this city
88,409 median HH income
37.4% of the leader · rank #2
Wilbraham · near
88,409
Wilbraham · near
88,409 median HH income
37.4% of the leader · rank #3
Whiteland · near
88,411
Whiteland · near
88,411 median HH income
37.4% of the leader · rank #4
Shenandoah He… · near
88,417
Shenandoah He… · near
88,417 median HH income
37.4% of the leader · rank #5
New Castle · near
88,421
New Castle · near
88,421 median HH income
37.4% of the leader · rank #6
Kiawah Island · highest
236,607
Kiawah Island · highest
236,607 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 Wheeler AFB 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: 2,196.
Nationally, Wheeler AFB sits in the 70th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
70th
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: Wheeler AFB, HI
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,196 residents in Wheeler AFB, a small town within Hawaii. Wheeler AFB households earn a median of $88,409 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.8%. The median resident age is 24.1 years. About 29.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 23.9% 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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,433 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $280 across Hawaii, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. 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 Wheeler AFB'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 Wheeler AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Wheeler AFB?
Within Hawaii, the closest population matches are Hanapepe (2,288 residents, $90,319 income); Maunawili (2,288 residents, $176,528 income); Waimea CDP (Kauai County) (2,070 residents, $87,222 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Constantine, MI (2,196 residents); Kiawah Island, SC (2,196 residents); Bertsch-Oceanview, CA (2,197 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Wheeler AFB?
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 78.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, Hawaii average
C
City profile score · Wheeler AFB, HI
56/100
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 A
1.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$88,409
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.3%
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).
Wheeler AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 87/100 (A) · 1.8%
Household income: 68/100 (B-) · $88,409
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.3%
Cost of living: 8/100 (F) · 110.0 index
How does Wheeler AFB compare to other US cities?
Here's how Wheeler AFB stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income70% 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 Wheeler AFB 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 Wheeler AFB near the bottom of Hawaii's cities
Among the 160 Hawaii cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Wheeler AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Wheeler AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#84 of 155
46th percentile in Hawaii
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 160
0th percentile in Hawaii
Poverty Rate
#145 of 160
9th percentile in Hawaii
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#84 of 160
47th 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
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$88,409Wheeler AFB, HI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Wheeler AFB, 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 Wheeler AFB, HI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)23.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,196
Median Income
$88,409
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.1
Poverty Rate
1.8%
Labor force participation
23.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.3%
Carpool
9.0%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
6.2%
Work from Home
2.8%
Other
3.2%
Based on 1,309 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 Wheeler AFB. 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 Wheeler AFB 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 Wheeler AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Wheeler AFB 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.