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The town was settled in 1901 and has 4,948 residents today.
Haleiwa’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Haleiwa’s midpoint home value is $1,729,000, above both Hawaii’s towns ($903,000) and U.S. towns ($332,000). On walkability, just 10 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do better. Homes are expensive, about $1.7 million for a typical one and 16.3 times the Urban Honolulu metro’s $106K median household income. Haleiwa has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Kawailoa Ryusenji Temple and Waialua Fire Station. Haleiwa 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).
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Haleiwa is from typical.
Haleiwa 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 →
Where Haleiwa beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1898 and 5 maps from 1953 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
3,970 counted in 2010 and 4,941 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Ordered by what stands out in Haleiwa.
Haleiwa’s typical rent is $2,018 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 6.5%. 59% of Haleiwa households live in a home they own.
| Haleiwa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,018 a month | $2,009 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Hawaii Department of Education school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Haleiwa’s only public school teaches 196 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haleiwa Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 196 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts
Most people who work leave Haleiwa to do it: just 5% work in town. In Haleiwa, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes. The median commute is under 25 miles. Jobs based locally fell to 1,536 in 2023, 98 fewer than in 2013.
| Haleiwa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 3.6% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
89 flood insurance claims have been paid in Haleiwa since 1980. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities. 55% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tsunamis at 37%. Federal aid has come to Haleiwa households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Haleiwa, a fifth of adults binge drink, and 18% have been diagnosed with depression. The share of adults in Haleiwa who sleep under 7 hours: 50%.
| Haleiwa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 35% |
| What stands out | Haleiwa | HI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 16.5% | 14.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 62° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Haleiwa’s trail network density comes in at 1.0 miles per square mile. Trails total 5.0 miles in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Kaiaka Bay Beach Park, at 46 acres.
| Haleiwa | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 12% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Puaena Point Beach Park | 0.7 mi | 24 |
| 2. Kaiaka Bay Beach Park | — | 46 |
| 3. Haleiwa Alii Beach Park | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Haleiwa. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi MuseumUSS Missouri
19 mi MuseumUSS Arizona Memorial
19 mi Stadium & arenaAloha Stadium
30 mi MountainDiamond Head
28 mi BeachWaikīkī
19 mi MuseumUSS BowfinUSS 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
Haleiwa 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.
Where Haleiwa’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
1 within 15 miles of the center of Haleiwa
About 5 of every 100 Haleiwa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Hawaii.
Census-designated place in the United States
Haleʻiwa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [həleˈʔivə] ) is a North Shore community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Waialua District of the island of Oʻahu, City and County of Honolulu. Haleʻiwa is on Waialua akanmuth Bay, the mouth of Anahulu Stream (also known as Anahulu River). A small boat harbor is there, and the shore of the bay is surrounded by Haleʻiwa Beach Park (north side) and Haleʻiwa Aliʻi Beach Park (south side). Further west from the center of town is Kaiaka State Recreation Area on Kiaka Point beside Kaiaka Bay. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 4,941. The 2018 estimate was 4,040. It is the largest commercial center on the North Shore of the island. Its old …
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2 towns share a border with Haleiwa.
Haleiwa, Waialua and Pupukea report no FBI crime data of their own. Haleiwa, Waialua and Pupukea aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Haleiwa with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Haleiwa 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).
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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