AreaProfile

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii

Area Profile

345,482 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Urban Honolulu, in Honolulu County.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability141st of 150 published cities38
ClimateTop 17% of 149 published cities81
Physical resilience126th of 150 published cities21
Access88th of 149 published cities95
Economic stability95th of 150 published cities51
The quick read

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 25% of median household income.

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

A major airport is 5 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
345,482
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$86,504
Top 28% nationally
Density
5,699/sq mi
60.6 sq mi of land
Median age
43.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Honolulu County
Hawaii
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Nearest major airport
HNL
5 mi · Daniel K Inouye Intl
Median home value
$843,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

41% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 83% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$1,705$86,504Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,061$49,569Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate11.9%Top 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute23.9 minBottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher41.5%Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation64.8%Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$71,940Top 25%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$57,220Top 18%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202487k76k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $86,504 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 $1,823 takes 25% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 9.7 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
25.3%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
9.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,823
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$843,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income9.75Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate48.9%Bottom 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1,296157,303Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$25$1,823Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$17,359$843,400Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income25.3%Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate13.0%Top 40%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 →

Population has fallen 1% since 2020, reaching 344,967 in 2024.

Population, annual estimates
20202021202220232024348k344k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.

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

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 67°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 16.4 inches.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station HONOLULU INTL AP, 5.3 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND2.4"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation16.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low67°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing9°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.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 5 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Daniel K Inouye IntlHNL5 mi12,360 ft
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Fld)JRF14 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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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)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)

Profile recalculated August 29, 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 Urban Honolulu

6 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
9681755,492$75,476
9681650,883$114,609
9681950,345$99,848
9682243,747$95,947
9682629,174$68,296
9681527,530$77,096