Census-designated place · Honolulu County, Hawaii

East Kapolei, Hawaii

East Kapolei is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area. It has 7,551 residents. East Kapolei, Hawaii has a quality-of-life score of 80 out of 100 (very high), ranking #3,129 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Hawaii it ranks #29 of 125 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and broadband subscriptions (high). It ranks worst on distance to an Amtrak station (high), voter turnout (low) and natural hazard risk (high).

80Very high

Quality-of-life score: #3,129 of 15,651 cities and towns
Hawaii: #29 of 125 in HI
Population: 7,551 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 2,070.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1506300

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
Economy86#2,219/15,631
Housing15#12,667/14,977
Health85#2,385/15,609
Healthcare90#1,572/15,650
Environment—
Education69#4,795/15,649
Infrastructure83#2,688/15,650
Community36#10,019/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,365/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where East Kapolei, 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 · low0.20%
99/100Hawaii 0.29%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.293
99/100Hawaii 0.451United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Broadband subscriptions · high98.6%
97/100Hawaii 92.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Life expectancy · high81.9 yrs
94/100Hawaii 81.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHonolulu County value
Depression · low17.0%
94/100Hawaii 17.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Median Air Quality Index · low29
94/100Hawaii 292025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHonolulu 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
Natural hazard risk · high92.1
8/100Hawaii 93.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHonolulu County value
Home price to income ratio · high5.9×
9/100Hawaii 8.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · low5.9 /10k
11/100Hawaii 6.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHonolulu County value
Rent-burdened households · high53.1%
13/100Hawaii 56.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,127 (2016-2020) → 7,551 (2020-2024)
+255%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
37.1% (2016-2020) → 6.3% (2020-2024)
−31 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
27.8% (2016-2020) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−23 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.5% (2016-2020) → 28.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$79,280 (2016-2020) → $118,904 (2020-2024)
+50%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.8% (2016-2020) → 53.1% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%

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.

There is not enough history to compare East Kapolei, Hawaii over five years.

Cities and towns like East Kapolei, Hawaii five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of East Kapolei, 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.

No place that looked like East Kapolei, Hawaii five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

7,551 residents (±1,159)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

7,551 residents (±1,159)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

White8.7%†660
Black0.3%†19
Hispanic or Latino15%†1,141

Education

4,198 residents (±618)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

No high school diploma8.1%†342
High school or GED30%†1,258
Some college16%†659

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

2,205 households (±251)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $25k1.0%†22
$25k–50k4.5%†100
$50k–75k14%†302
$75k–100k24%†525
$100k–150k25%†552
$150k–200k19%†419
$200k or more13%†285

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,205 households (±251)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Own53%1,171
Rent47%1,034

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,032 households (±260)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50016%†168

Home values

1,171 homes (±245)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $150k2.6%†30
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.5%†6

Age of homes

2,205 homes (±251)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

2010 or later91%2,012
2000–20091.9%†42
1980–19995.6%†124

Size of homes

2,205 homes (±251)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Studio3.4%†75
1 bedroom11%†252
2 bedrooms38%831

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,765 workers (±644)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Drive alone70%2,617
Carpool20%†751
Public transit1.6%†60
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.9%†221
Other3.1%†116

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,544 workers (±629)

East Kapolei, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under 15 min11%†380
15–29 min36%1,278
30–44 min26%†919

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 East Kapolei'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 $344.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in East Kapolei, Hawaii: $45.65 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $344.7K; −46% vs FY2025
Per resident: $45.65; US $2,007
Sole-source: 5.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 25%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Federal Emergency Management Agency$181.6K53%
Department of the Army$85.9K25%
Department of the Navy$26.6K7.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$16.7K4.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs$15.6K4.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$10.7K3.1%
Department of State$3,5021.0%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2,5640.7%

Top recipients

WSP USA SERVICES INC.$181.6K53%
RELIANCE RELOCATION SERVICES, INC$31.9K9.2%
FRANCONIA REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.$21.1K6.1%
ARCUS CORPORATION$18.1K5.3%
ISLAND CRANE & LIFT SURVEY, LLC$16.8K4.9%

Spending by fiscal year

4MFY2017
4.1MFY2018
2.7MFY2019
2.4MFY2020
2.9MFY2021
200.1KFY2022
1.1MFY2023
444.1K

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$194.9K57%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$31.9K9.2%
Offices of real estate agents and brokers · 5312$21.1K6.1%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$19.3K5.6%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$18.1K5.3%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 East Kapolei, Hawaii, so they do not add up across cities.

East Kapolei, 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: East Kapolei 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.

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

House

Senate

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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

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like East Kapolei, Hawaii five years ago that improved