Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 1.9% since 2020.
341,868
people, the largest of Hawaii's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Hawaii's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
4 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
37.5%
of 309,066 jobs located in Urban Honolulu are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 41% since the 2010–2014 survey, before inflation.
$1,823
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
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,728 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Honolulu County.
- $773 Tract 63.02
- $3,501 Tract 9820
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$1,184–$1,776
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,823 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
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 84% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.5–2.0% to the 157,303 homes here.
724–3,091
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
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Home value
A median home costs 1% more than Hawaii's.
$843,400
median home value in Urban Honolulu.
- $843,400 Urban Honolulu
- $839,100 Hawaii
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year