Census-designated place · Honolulu County, Hawaii

Ahuimanu, Hawaii

Ahuimanu is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area. It has 8,452 residents. Ahuimanu, Hawaii has a quality-of-life score of 85 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,289 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Hawaii it ranks #14 of 125 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (low) and life expectancy (high). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), voter turnout (low) and home price to income ratio (high).

85Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,289 of 15,651 cities and towns
Hawaii: #14 of 125 in HI
Population: 8,452 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 3,136.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1500400

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety78#3,433/15,637
Economy90#1,640/15,631
Housing12#13,112/14,977
Health90#1,524/15,609
Healthcare91#1,425/15,650
Environment—
Education85#2,348/15,649
Infrastructure86#2,175/15,650
Community44#8,832/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,365/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ahuimanu, Hawaii ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Honolulu County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.28%
98/100Hawaii 0.29%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.2%
96/100Hawaii 4.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Life expectancy · high81.9 yrs
94/100Hawaii 81.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHonolulu County value
Median Air Quality Index · low29
94/100Hawaii 292025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHonolulu County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.358
94/100Hawaii 0.451United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Distance to an airport · low9 mi
93/100Hawaii 10 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHonolulu County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high2,402 mi
0/100Hawaii 2,391 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHonolulu County value
Voter turnout · low47.2%
2/100Hawaii 49.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHonolulu County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.7×
6/100Hawaii 8.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Natural hazard risk · high92.1
8/100Hawaii 93.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHonolulu County value
Rent-burdened households · high57.1%
11/100Hawaii 56.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · low5.9 /10k
11/100Hawaii 6.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHonolulu County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
8,023 (2015-2019) → 8,452 (2020-2024)
+5.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
46.9% (2015-2019) → 57.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
41.2% (2015-2019) → 50.0% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.5% (2015-2019) → 96.7% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$112,875 (2015-2019) → $135,438 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.1% (2015-2019) → 4.9% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Ahuimanu, Hawaii improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++8.8 points41.2% → 50.0%
Broadband+7.2 points89.5% → 96.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Ahuimanu, Hawaii between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.5 min2015-2019	29.9 min2020-2024	−3.6 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%2015-2019	50.0%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Improved	86%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	96.7%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	45%
Effective property tax rate	0.28%2015-2019	0.28%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	98.2%2015-2019	97.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	6.3×2015-2019	6.7×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3552015-2019	0.3582020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$112,8752015-2019	$135,4382020-2024	+20%	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent as share of income	28.1%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	46.9%2015-2019	57.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	23%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Ahuimanu, Hawaii five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ahuimanu, Hawaii in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Ahuimanu, Hawaii itself moved −2.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,452 residents (±825)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,895 households (±286)

Ahuimanu, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $25k7.0%†204
$25k–50k7.2%†209
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,895 households (±286)

Ahuimanu, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Own83%2,402
Rent17%†493

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,802 workers (±448)

Ahuimanu, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Drive alone75%2,870
Carpool8.1%†308
Public transit3.1%†119

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Urban Honolulu, HI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Honolulu County, the county holding most of Ahuimanu's residents.

Honolulu County has 20,890 employer establishments, 211 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Hawaii's), with 331,937 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,232. The Census Bureau also counts 76,535 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,890; 76,535 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 211; US 248 · Hawaii 229
Paid employees: 331,937
Average annual pay: $61,232; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Honolulu County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	2,194	22.2	1.21×About typical	38,562	$28,480	355
Ambulatory health care services	1,920	19.4	0.93×About typical	21,609	$89,624	4,275
Lessors of real estate	1,064	10.8	0.87×About typical	6,428	$72,182	8,116
Specialty trade contractors	1,060	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	14,061	$83,927	2,687
Limited-service restaurants	1,027	10.4	1.29×More than typical	15,572	$25,396	132
Full-service restaurants	797	8.1	1.05×About typical	18,665	$33,086	119
Offices of physicians	699	7.1	1.09×About typical	6,263	$142,505	816
Clothing and accessories stores	651	6.6	1.81×More than typical	8,650	$32,296	1,042
Construction of buildings	580	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	6,549	$99,145	2,319
Building equipment contractors	509	5.1	0.85×About typical	6,486	$90,876	681
Offices of other health practitioners	504	5.1	0.84×About typical	2,517	$45,609	1,853
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	466	4.7	1.16×About typical	2,769	$63,434	1,071

Rank places for an industry Open Honolulu County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 989,698 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $138.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ahuimanu, Hawaii: $16.37 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $138.4K; −86% vs FY2025
Per resident: $16.37; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$219.8K100%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$84.4K61%
Federal Acquisition Service$2,9652.1%
Department of the Navy$21.490.0%

Top recipients

ISLAND HEALTH CARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$174.1K100%
FLOAT PARTNERS LLC$54.3K39%
ANN PEARL CARE HOME, INC$44.6K32%
FLOAT PARTNERS II LLC$30.2K22%
ISLAND MOBILITY SOLUTIONS LLC$8,4986.1%

Spending by fiscal year

73KFY2017
297.4KFY2018
1.4MFY2019
514.5KFY2020
492.6KFY2021
594.2KFY2022
1.3MFY2023
506.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$218.7K100%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$54.3K39%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$30.2K22%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$8,4986.1%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$2,9652.1%
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing · 3152

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ahuimanu, Hawaii, so they do not add up across cities.

Ahuimanu, Hawaii's figures are part of those of Honolulu County, HI ($2.6B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ahuimanu is mostly in Honolulu County.

See federal money in Honolulu County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ahuimanu, Hawaii is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Honolulu County86100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Urban Honolulu, HI86

Other cities and towns in Honolulu County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

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Strengths

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