Ewa VillagesHI
In Hawaii, this town has 7,415 residents.
Is Ewa Villages a good place to live?
Ewa Villages’ best subject grades are an A for walkability and an A+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Ewa Villages’ January low is 65°F, close to Hawaii’s towns (64°F) and above U.S. towns (22°F). Only 3 of the 93 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower median rent than Ewa Villages. 71% of the land in Ewa Villages is conserved, above both the Hawaii town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 1 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Ewa Mahiko Park, at 22 acres. Ewa Villages 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 Ewa Villages stand out
Where Ewa Villages beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Ewa Villages has grown 28% from 2010 to 2020
6,108 counted in 2010 and 7,825 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Ewa Villages grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Ewa Villages is from typical.
Ewa Villages 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 →
USS Missouri and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ewa Villages. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi MuseumUSS Missouri
6 mi MuseumUSS Arizona Memorial
7 mi Stadium & arenaAloha Stadium
16 mi MountainDiamond Head
14 mi BeachWaikīkī
7 mi MuseumUSS BowfinPhoto credits
USS Missouri: Camera Operator: EM2 KENNETH D. MEHL (Released to Public), Public domain · USS Arizona Memorial: DoD photo by: PH3(AW/SW) JAYME PASTORIC, USN, Public domain · Aloha Stadium: This photo was taken and originally uploaded by Bobak to English Wikipedia. Uplo, CC BY 3.0 · Diamond Head: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Waikīkī: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Bowfin: Max Smith, Public domain
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Moving to Ewa Villages: who provides what
Ewa Villages is unincorporated, so Honolulu 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 Ewa Villages.
Trail density in Ewa Villages is higher than in most of Hawaii or the rest of the country
Across 1 park or preserve: 5.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ewa Mahiko Park | — | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The schools Ewa Villages’s kids attend
The Hawaii Department of Education school district runs its public schools. Two of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list. Enrollment at Ewa Villages’s public school: 1,226 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewa Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 1,226 | C |
| Friendship Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 297 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
The biggest natural risk in Ewa Villages is inland flooding, at a very high overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 95% of U.S. communities. 82% of Ewa Villages’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 13%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Ewa Villages’ working residents commute to Urban Honolulu
Ewa Villages’ mean commuting time comes in at 31 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 1% of working residents work locally. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 15%. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (37%), Kapolei (9%) and Waipahu (6%).
| Ewa Villages | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 3.7% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Ewa Villages
For Ewa Villages, the typical July afternoon high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Ewa Villages are healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Ewa Villages, 15% have been diagnosed with depression. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Ewa Villages is ahead of Hawaii on 2 and behind on 11. Only 4 of the 93 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Ewa Villages.
| Ewa Villages | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 18% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Ewa Villages | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 6.7% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.1% | 17.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24.1% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Ewa Villages sell for about $858K
In Ewa Villages, 64% of households live in a home they own.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ewa Villages
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Ewa Villages
About 3 of every 100 Ewa Villages residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
99% of working residents leave Ewa Villages for work
Where Ewa Villages’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ewa Villages
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
ʻEwa Villages is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the ʻEwa District and the City & County of Honolulu on the leeward side of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi approximately 20 miles (32 km) from downtown Honolulu. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 7,825. This area was previously known as ʻEwa (in Hawaiian, ʻewa means "crooked"). In the late 19th century to early 20th century, ʻEwa was one of the large population centers on the island of Oʻahu, with industry focused around sugar cane production. The ʻEwa Mill was a major employer that set up residential villages within ʻEwa (from which the modern name arose). Sugar cane is no longer grown on the ʻEwa Plain and ʻEwa is now one of Oʻ…
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 59 ft
- Area code
- 808
Ewa Villages’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Ewa Villages.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewa Villages | — | — | C+ | — | — | B |
| Ewa Gentry | — | — | D | — | — | A |
| East Kapolei | — | — | C− | — | — | A− |
| Kapolei | — | — | C− | — | — | A− |
| Kalaeloa | — | — | D− | — | — | B− |
Ewa Villages, Ewa Gentry, East Kapolei, Kapolei and Kalaeloa report no FBI crime data of their own. Ewa Villages, Ewa Gentry, East Kapolei, Kapolei and Kalaeloa aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ewa Villages with a neighbor →
Questions about Ewa Villages
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ewa Villages, HI a good place to live?
Ewa Villages 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 Ewa Villages, HI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $868,000, 4% above 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 C+.