Kaiminani, Hawaii

Area Profile

11,465 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Kaiminani, in Hawaii County.

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How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 17% of 3,904 cities measured73
Schools2356th of 2,668 cities measured21
Housing affordability3017th of 4,223 cities measured66
ClimateTop 9% of 4,223 cities measured85
Physical resilience3769th of 4,182 cities measured14
Access3977th of 4,226 cities measured57
Economic stability2692nd of 4,226 cities measured53
The quick read

Kaiminani ranks in the top 17% of published city profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 4.0% and median household income of $110,560.

In the public schools here, 16% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 15.3 students for every teacher.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding, earthquake and volcanic activity.

At a glance

Population
11,465
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$110,560
Top 14% nationally
Density
308/sq mi
37.2 sq mi of land
Median age
44.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Hawaii County
Hawaii
Metro area
Hilo-Kailua, HI
Nearest major airport
ITO
62 mi · Hilo Intl
Median home value
$772,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.0% is lower than 62% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment fell 0.3% over the past year, to 88,699 employed residents.

33% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 74% of measured US cities.

Household income is higher than at least 86% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$16,073$110,560Top 14%of 29,5732024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,732$46,048Top 22%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate9.8%Bottom 45%of 31,9002024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute22.2 minBottom 27%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher33.1%Top 26%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Employment88,699Top 40%of 3,904June 2026
Employment change (3 years)3.1%Top 14%of 3,903June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.3%Top 35%of 3,904June 2026
Labor force92,363Top 40%of 3,904June 2026
Labor force participation62.2%Top 44%of 31,9332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.7%Top 19%of 3,904June 2026
Unemployment rate4.0%Bottom 38%of 3,904June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024111k84k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $110,560 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Hawaii County, HI, which contains this city.

16% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 31% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 15.3 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
6
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
15.3
across all schools here
Math proficiency
16.0%
Bottom 15% in Hawaii
Reading proficiency
31.1%
Bottom 8% in Hawaii
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Kealakehe High SchoolHawaii Department of Education1,40116.1
Kealakehe Elementary SchoolHawaii Department of Education92414.77%17%
Kealakehe Intermediate SchoolHawaii Department of Education67714.18%22%
Kahakai Elementary SchoolHawaii Department of Education50714.522%36%
West Hawaii Explorations Academy · charterHawaii Department of Education28616.830%70%
Innovations - PCS · charterHawaii Department of Education24117.244%55%

55.3% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Hawaii’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,202 takes 13% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 7.0 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
13.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
7.0×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,202
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$772,800
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income6.99Top 5%of 28,4732024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate73.6%Bottom 45%of 31,8432024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4714,790Top 12%of 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$181$1,202Top 32%of 23,4322024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$63,361$772,800Top 5%of 29,3422024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income13.0%Bottom 14%of 23,2012024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate10.8%Top 47%of 32,0012024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 69°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 9.9 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 21, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station KAILUA KONA KE-AHOLE AP, 3.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND1.4"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index33.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation9.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low69°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10002024 calendar year
Median air quality index21.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing7°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
21
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
33
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

14 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and volcanic activity.

Volcanic activityHigh
EarthquakeHigh
Inland floodingHigh
WildfireElevated
TsunamiElevated

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, landslide, hurricane, coastal flooding, drought, ice storm, tornado, hail, cold wave, strong wind, winter weather.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Hawaii County records 3.6 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 5.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 17.8 per 100,000 residents in Hawaii County.

Homicide
3.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
5.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
17.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
15.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Hawaii County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Kaiminani rather than Kaiminani itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

1 major airport lies within 100 miles, the nearest 62 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Hilo IntlITO62 mi9,803 ft
Daniel K Inouye IntlHNL164 mi12,360 ft
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Fld)JRF171 mi8,365 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Hilo-Kailua, HI

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
HiloHawaii County50,404vs Kaiminani
KailuaHawaii County21,818vs Kaiminani
Hawaiian Paradise ParkHawaii County13,203vs Kaiminani

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Kaiminani

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
9674039,338$95,542