HalawaHI
A town of 14,385.
Is Halawa a good place to live?
The best of Halawa’s subject grades are an A for walkability and incomes and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. Halawa’s January low is 67°F, near the Hawaii town median (64°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Only 5 of Hawaii’s 125 towns score higher on hazard risk. 17% of the land in Halawa is conserved, against 12% in Hawaii’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Halawa has 4 places on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Halawa District Park, at 20 acres. Halawa 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 Halawa stand out
Where Halawa beats most towns.
How Halawa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Halawa is from typical.
Halawa 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).
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USS Missouri and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Halawa. Close and well known come first.
Big draw2 mi MuseumUSS Missouri
in town Stadium & arenaAloha Stadium
2 mi MuseumUSS Arizona Memorial
9 mi BeachWaikīkī
11 mi MountainDiamond Head
in town MuseumUSS BowfinPhoto credits
USS Missouri: Camera Operator: EM2 KENNETH D. MEHL (Released to Public), Public domain · Aloha Stadium: This photo was taken and originally uploaded by Bobak to English Wikipedia. Uplo, CC BY 3.0 · USS Arizona Memorial: DoD photo by: PH3(AW/SW) JAYME PASTORIC, USN, Public domain · Waikīkī: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Diamond Head: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Bowfin: Max Smith, Public domain
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Moving to Halawa: who provides what
Halawa 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 Halawa.
Halawa faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Halawa’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the Hawaii Department of Education school district. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiea Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 470 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts
Halawa ranks healthier than 68% of the country’s towns
Halawa beats the Hawaii average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 48% of Halawa adults sleep under 7 hours. Only 8 of the 93 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Halawa.
| Halawa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 45% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 27% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 16% |
| What stands out | Halawa | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.4% | 17.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 6.7% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 26.6% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Halawa has set aside 16.7% of its land for conservation
1.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Halawa District Park | — | 20 |
| 2. Aliamanu Neighboorhood Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Oahu Veterans Center Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mild winters and hot summers in Halawa
Halawa has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Halawa is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More than half of Halawa’s working residents commute to Urban Honolulu
Most working residents leave Halawa for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Halawa has added 1,344 jobs, to 3,929 in 2023. Halawa’s median household income is $110,000.
| Halawa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5% | 8.2% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 3.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Hawaii overall
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (20% statewide). 18% of residents are under 18 in Halawa. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Hawaii.
| Halawa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 45.7 years | 41.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2 points). Across Hawaii, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Halawa | HI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.6% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.5% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.3% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.5% | 9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.2% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.1% | 26.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 22.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 13.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median home in Halawa sells for about $1.16M
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Halawa
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Halawa
About 7 of every 100 Halawa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Hawaii.
About Halawa
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
Hālawa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [haːˈlɐvə] , lit. 'curve') is a census-designated place (CDP) in the ‘Ewa District of Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. Hālawa Stream branches into two valleys: North and South Hālawa; North Hālawa is the larger stream and fluvial feature. Their confluence is within the H-3/H-201 highways exchange. Most of Hālawa Valley is undeveloped. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 15,016. Camp H. M. Smith, the headquarters of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, is located here. The Hālawa (Aloha Stadium) Skyline station is located at the base of the valley.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 177 ft
- Area code
- 808
Halawa’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Halawa.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halawa | — | — | C− | — | — | B+ |
| Aiea | — | — | C− | — | — | A− |
| Urban Honolulu | #1 | C+ | C− | C+ | — | A− |
Halawa and Aiea report no FBI crime data of their own. Halawa and Aiea aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Halawa with a neighbor →
Questions about Halawa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Halawa, HI a good place to live?
Halawa 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 Halawa, HI expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,052,000, 26% 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−.