East Kapolei, Hawaii

Population

7,551 people call East Kapolei home.

7,551

people.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The workday

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

99.7%

of 909 jobs located in East Kapolei are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is $2,031 a month.

$2,031

a month. Hawaii's median is $1,971.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$1,136–$1,704

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $2,031 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

7% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 7% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–0.7% to the 2,205 homes here.

9–15

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 17% less than Hawaii's.

$697,300

median home value in East Kapolei.

• $697,300 East Kapolei
• $839,100 Hawaii
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year