AnaholaHI
A town of 3,067, settled in 1934.
Is Anahola a good place to live?
Anahola’s best subject grade is an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On health, just 12 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Among 93 Hawaii towns, just one has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Anahola. 35% of the land in Anahola is conserved, above both Hawaii’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Kealia Forest Reserve, at 467 acres. Anahola has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
What makes Anahola stand out
Where Anahola beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Anahola for work
Where Anahola’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Anahola grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Anahola is from typical.
Anahola has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Anahola: who provides what
Anahola is unincorporated, so Kauai County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Anahola.
Very high risk in Anahola, with inland flooding at the top
The risk rating from FEMA for Anahola comes to 97 of 100, where Hawaii’s towns sit at 93 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Expected losses in Anahola break down as 73% from inland flooding and 13% from tsunamis. Federal aid has come to Anahola households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Anahola’s kids attend
Its one school is below. The Hawaii Department of Education school district runs its public schools. Enrollment at Anahola’s public school: 191 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanuikapono - PCSLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 191 | C |
NCES · EDFacts
Protected land: nearly a third of Anahola
Trails run 4.4 miles in 3 parks and preserves. In Anahola, the trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kealia Forest Reserve | — | 467 |
| 2. Moloaʻa Forest Reserve | — | 121 |
| 3. Anahola Village Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Anahola work out of town
Jobs in Anahola grew by 86 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 129. Its average commute comes in at 30 minutes. Half commute less than 20 miles. In Anahola, 1.7% of working residents work locally.
| Anahola | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 3.7% | 8% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Anahola trails 67% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Anahola, 19% have been diagnosed with depression. Two figures for adults in the town: 25% worry about having enough food, 16% report frequent physical distress.
| Anahola | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 45% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 76% | 79% |
| What stands out | Anahola | HI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11% | 5.8% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 12% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 17.2% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Anahola: mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 63° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Anahola sell for about $190K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Nā Pali Coast State Park and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Anahola. Close and well known come first.
21 mi State parkNā Pali Coast State Park
23 mi Canyon & gorgeWaimea Canyon State Park
26 mi LandmarkRussian Fort Elizabeth
19 mi BeachHanakapiai Beach
21 mi GardenAllerton Garden21 mi GardenNational Tropical Botanical GardenPhoto credits
Nā Pali Coast State Park: Jmblanco74, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Waimea Canyon State Park: Aaronbernstein, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russian Fort Elizabeth: en:User:Mel29, Public domain · Hanakapiai Beach: Jeff Kubina, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Allerton Garden: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Anahola
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Anahola
About 5 of every 100 Anahola residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Hawaii.
About Anahola
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
Anahola (literally "deadly winds" in Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,311 at the 2020 census, up from 1,932 at the 2000 census.
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- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 30 ft
- ZIP code
- 96703
- Area code
- 808
Questions about Anahola
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Anahola, HI a good place to live?
Anahola has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Is Anahola, HI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $530,000, 36% below the Hawaii typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.