Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii

Population

5,150 people call Kahaluu-Keauhou home.

5,150

people.

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

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

99.1%

of 1,455 jobs located in Kahaluu-Keauhou are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 8% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,901

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.

$1,088–$1,633

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,901 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

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 75% 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 0.1–0.4% to the 3,403 homes here.

4–15

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 6% more than Hawaii's.

$886,900

median home value in Kahaluu-Keauhou.

• $886,900 Kahaluu-Keauhou
• $839,100 Hawaii
• $332,700 U.S.

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