Kaneohe, Hawaii

Area Profile

37,355 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Kaneohe, in Honolulu County.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability3752nd of 4,223 published cities51
ClimateTop 4% of 4,223 published cities100
Physical resilience3541st of 4,182 published cities21
AccessTop 41% of 4,226 published cities94
Economic stability2464th of 4,226 published cities56
The quick read

Buying strains local incomes far more than renting does — the median home is 8.2 times median household income, against a historic benchmark near three — while rent takes 22% of it.

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

A major airport is 11 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
37,355
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$125,613
Top 9% nationally
Density
5,709/sq mi
6.5 sq mi of land
Median age
44.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Honolulu County
Hawaii
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Nearest major airport
HNL
11 mi · Daniel K Inouye Intl
Median home value
$1,029,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

37% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 78% of measured US cities.

Household income is higher than at least 91% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,070$125,613Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,956$50,130Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate9.7%Bottom 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.5 minTop 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher37.1%Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation58.0%Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$71,940Top 37%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$57,220Top 28%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024126k119k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $125,613 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.
Largest occupations — Urban Honolulu, HI
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers17,240$35,080
Retail Salespersons12,810$37,400
Registered Nurses9,680$139,260
General and Operations Managers9,430$113,940
Office Clerks, General8,820$41,600
Waiters and Waitresses8,550$60,250

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,269 takes 22% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 8.2 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
21.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
8.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,269
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$1,029,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income8.20Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate76.4%Top 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±39011,980Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$200$2,269Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$24,472$1,029,700Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income21.7%Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate3.6%Bottom 22%2024 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

12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 68°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 27.8 inches.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station KANEOHE BAY MCAS, 2.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation27.8"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low68°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months121991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing7°F1991-2020 Normals

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.

Physical risk

21 / 100
Physical resilience

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

Inland floodingHigh
WildfireElevated
EarthquakeModerate
TsunamiHigh

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

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.

Honolulu County records 2.0 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, lower than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 3.6 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 18.4 per 100,000 residents in Honolulu County.

Homicide
2.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
3.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
18.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
11.8
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 Honolulu 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 Kaneohe rather than Kaneohe 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
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. 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.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 11 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Daniel K Inouye IntlHNL11 mi12,360 ft
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Fld)JRF19 mi8,365 ft
Hilo IntlITO212 mi9,803 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 Urban Honolulu, HI

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
Urban HonoluluHonolulu County345,482vs Kaneohe
East HonoluluHonolulu County51,360vs Kaneohe
Pearl CityHonolulu County44,547vs Kaneohe
WaipahuHonolulu County40,482vs Kaneohe
KailuaHonolulu County39,640vs Kaneohe
Mililani TownHonolulu County27,668vs Kaneohe
Ewa GentryHonolulu County26,563vs Kaneohe
KapoleiHonolulu County22,232vs Kaneohe
Mililani MaukaHonolulu County21,278vs Kaneohe
MakakiloHonolulu County20,735vs Kaneohe
WahiawaHonolulu County17,996vs Kaneohe
Ocean PointeHonolulu County17,085vs Kaneohe

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
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
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

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.