Scores by category

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

Safety78#3,337/15,637
Economy47#8,332/15,631
Housing—
Health64#5,606/15,609
Healthcare86#2,126/15,650
Environment—
Education67#5,124/15,650
Infrastructure13#13,680/15,650
Community37#9,875/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,365/15,651
Nature & outdoors—

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kalaeloa, 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

Public transit commuters · high14.2%
99/100Hawaii 3.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Firearm deaths · low3.4 /100k
94/100Hawaii 3.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kJun 2025–May 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHonolulu County value
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
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
Students per school counselor · low243×
93/100Hawaii 243×United States 356×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHonolulu County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high2,402 mi
0/100Hawaii 2,391 miUnited States 42 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHonolulu County value
Fast internet available · low2.4%
0/100Hawaii 96.9%United States 95.4%Dec 2025Federal Communications Commission
Voter turnout · low47.2%
2/100Hawaii 49.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHonolulu County value
Rent-burdened households · high66.7%
5/100Hawaii 56.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Natural hazard risk · high92.1
8/100Hawaii 93.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHonolulu County value
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
6 (2015-2019) → 3,342 (2020-2024)
+55,600%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
100.0% (2015-2019) → 20.8% (2020-2024)
−79 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 66.7% (2020-2024)
+67 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 22.0% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Public transit commutersImproving
0.0% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Households subscribed to broadbandWorsening
100.0% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Kalaeloa, Hawaii improved on 0 of 4 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 3 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Broadband subscribers−9.8 points100.0% → 90.2%

All 4 measures

Change of every measure of Kalaeloa, Hawaii between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Households subscribed to broadband	100.0%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	−9.8 points	Declined	1%
Poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	+22 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Rent-burdened households	0.0%2015-2019	66.7%2020-2024	+67 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	0.0%2015-2019	4.0%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	14%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 Kalaeloa, Hawaii five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kalaeloa, 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 Kalaeloa, Hawaii five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Kalaeloa, Hawaii itself moved −71.6 points in standing on average over the same 2 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

3,342 residents (±357)

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

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.

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

3,342 residents (±357)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

White15%†510
Black5.9%†197
Hispanic or Latino16%†

Education

2,264 residents (±317)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

No high school diploma6.5%†148
High school or GED37%841
Some college20%†456

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

839 households (±101)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $25k16%†134
$25k–50k9.2%†77
$50k–75k17%†142
$75k–100k13%†106
$100k–150k24%†199
$150k–200k13%†112
$200k or more8.2%†69

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−87.4 points).

† 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

839 households (±101)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Own0.0%0
Rent100%839

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

837 households (±102)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under $75013%†112
$750–1,0001.3%†11
$1,000–1,5006.2%†52

Age of homes

914 homes (±99)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

2010 or later9.0%†82
2000–20096.9%†63
1980–199930%271

Size of homes

914 homes (±99)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Studio24%221
1 bedroom16%†146
2 bedrooms19%†175

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

1,622 workers (±272)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Drive alone51%826
Carpool22%†354
Public transit14%†230
Walk0.3%†5
Bike0.3%†5
Work from home7.2%†116
Other5.3%†86

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.

Table view

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

Time to get to work

1,506 workers (±274)

Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Hawaii share

Under 15 min22%†336
15–29 min14%†205
30–44 min25%370

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 Kalaeloa'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.

Public schools

Public schools located in Kalaeloa, Hawaii and the districts that run them (NCES Common Core of Data). Students per teacher counts full-time-equivalent teachers, not the size of each class.

Kalaeloa, Hawaii has 2 public schools with 989 students and 13.1 students per teacher (Hawaii: 14.2, US: 15.2).

47% of students attend one of its 1 charter schools.

1 schools serve free meals to every student.

Elementary schools: 1
Middle schools: 0
High schools: 1
Students per teacher: 13.1; US: 15.2

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Hawaii Department of Education	2	989	$23,878

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	District
Barbers Point Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	522	15.8	Hawaii Department of Education
DreamHouse Ewa BeachCharter	6–11	467	11.0	Hawaii Department of Education

All 2 schools

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kalaeloa, Hawaii: $460 per resident (US $2,158).

Obligations: $1.5M; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $460; US $2,158
Sole-source: 43%; US 31%
Single offer: 18%; US 8.9%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$779.4K51%
Department of the Army$189.9K12%
Food and Drug Administration$173K11%
Defense Logistics Agency$145K9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$108.8K7.1%
Department of the Navy$70.5K4.6%
Federal Aviation Administration$27K1.8%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$12.8K0.8%

Top recipients

SERVICE DISABLED VETERANS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, INC.$215.7K14%
HEALTH, HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF$173K11%
IES DOWNSTREAM LLC$142.3K9.3%
TRI COAST-PAC TECH JV LLLP$120.1K7.8%
WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE$89K5.8%

Spending by fiscal year

3.2MFY2017
4.9MFY2018
1.6MFY2019
7.7MFY2020
3.9MFY2021
8MFY2022
29.5MFY2023
11.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$212.3K14%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$207.8K14%
Administration of human resource programs · 9231$173K11%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$142.3K9.3%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$136.7K8.9%
Utility system construction · 2371$122.1K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 19, 2026, loaded Oct 19, 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 Kalaeloa, Hawaii, so they do not add up across cities.

Kalaeloa, Hawaii's figures are part of those of Honolulu County, HI ($2.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Kalaeloa 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.

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

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Honolulu County87100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Urban Honolulu, HI87

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
National Broadband Map (Broadband Data Collection)Federal Communications Commission · release 2025-12-31
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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