City safety & data profile
KailuaHI
Kailua, HI is a 39K-resident city in Honolulu County with a median household income of $88,211.
Honolulu County, Hawaii. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Kailua, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Kailua has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $667,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 39K
- Population (place)
- Top 28%
- By size
- $88,211
- Median income (place)
- $667,400
- Median home (place)
- 14.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Kailua
Kailua posts a median household income higher than 58% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Kailua area.
- Top 42%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Kailua
Composite score · Kailua, HI
55/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Kailua in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Kailua income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$88,211 Top 42% higher than 58% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading Kailua, HI beyond the headline numbers
Kailua sits inside Honolulu County, Hawaii, at roughly 21.40°N, -157.74°W. Population 38,635, $88,211 median household income. Median home value $667,400, median rent $1,754. Poverty rate 14.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Kailua, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 75.9°F annual average, 51" precipitation.
The median home in Kailua costs around 7.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.1% in Kailua, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Median rent in Kailua, HI runs $1,754/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
Poverty in Kailua, HI stands at 14.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Unemployment in Kailua sits at 4%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 10.2% of Kailua workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
33.6% of Kailua adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Kailua from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Honolulu County): Kailua's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
What stands out most about Kailua's economic profile: poverty rate at 14.3%, 15% above the average across tracked places. Median rent runs 14% above average too, at $1,754/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.3% +15% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 33.6% |
| Work From Home | 10.2% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% |
Population
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospital Access 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 202411.0% above national average
Metro area: Urban Honolulu, HI (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelHonolulu County has recorded 866 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $44.8M in payouts since 2016.
The largest single contributor was 2026-03-KonaStorm, accounting for 244 claims.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Kailua?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Kailua right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet HI-KAILUA · Kailua
Kailua: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Kailua; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Hawaii state hubs · Methodology
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Kailua, both outside Hawaii so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside HI (14.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside HI ($88,211 here).
Compare Kailua with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
What to do with Kailua's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Kailua area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Kailua against Hawaii peers on any ranking lens. Explore Hawaii
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Honolulu County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.