Hawaiian Paradise ParkHI
Some 13,203 people live in this town, in Hawaii State.
Is Hawaiian Paradise Park a good place to live?
Hawaiian Paradise Park’s weakest subject grade is a D− for hazard risk. On walkability, just 6 of Hawaii State’s 125 towns do worse. 0.8% of the land in Hawaiian Paradise Park is conserved, against 12% in Hawaii State’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On history, just 7 of Hawaii State’s 125 towns do worse. Hawaiian Paradise Park 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 Hawaiian Paradise Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii State), ordered by how far Hawaiian Paradise Park is from typical.
Hawaiian Paradise Park 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 →
Hawaiian Paradise Park has grown 31% from 2010 to 2020
11,404 counted in 2010 and 14,957 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Hawaiian Paradise Park: inland flooding
For Hawaiian Paradise Park, the FEMA risk score is 100 of 100. FEMA puts three fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 26% to earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Hawaiian Paradise Park’s kids attend
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malamalama Waldorf School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 137 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Hawaiian Paradise Park work out of town
Only 4% of working residents stay in Hawaiian Paradise Park for work; the rest commute out. Since 2014, Hawaiian Paradise Park has added 185 jobs, to 464 in 2024. The town’s average trip to work works out to 33 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles.
| Hawaiian Paradise Park | Typical Hawaii State town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 3.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Hawaiian Paradise Park: mild winters and pleasant summers
The typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Hawaiian Paradise Park are healthier than three in five U.S. towns
Among adults in Hawaiian Paradise Park, 32% feel lonely. The town does better than the Hawaii State average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 16. Two figures for adults in the town: 74% had a checkup this year, 21% worry about having enough food.
| Hawaiian Paradise Park | Typical Hawaii State town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 45% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 76% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hawaiian Paradise Park | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours | 38.5% | 45.7% |
| More smokers | 15.6% | 11% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For the outdoors, Hawaiian Paradise Park earns a D
4.8 miles of trail. The trail density for Hawaiian Paradise Park is 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Hawaiian Paradise Park sell for about $510K
A home in Hawaiian Paradise Park typically sold within 98 days of listing. Among 93 Hawaii State towns, just 7 have a lower typical rent than Hawaiian Paradise Park. Sellers in Hawaiian Paradise Park got 99.3% of the asking price, typically.
| Hawaiian Paradise Park | Typical Hawaii State town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,310 a month | $2,017 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Hawaiian Paradise Park
Mauna Kea and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MountainMauna Kea
Big draw23 mi MountainKīlauea
16 mi National ParkHawai'i Volcanoes National Park1.9M visitors a year
6 mi CaveKazumura Cave
13 mi WaterfallRainbow Falls
22 mi State parkAkaka Falls State ParkPhoto credits
Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kīlauea: Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Public domain · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kazumura Cave: Dave Bunnell / Under Earth Images, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rainbow Falls: Kyle Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Akaka Falls State Park: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Hawaiian Paradise Park: who provides what
Hawaiian Paradise Park is unincorporated, so Hawaii 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.
96% of working residents leave Hawaiian Paradise Park for work
Where Hawaiian Paradise Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hawaiian Paradise Park
About 6 of every 100 Hawaiian Paradise Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Hawaii State.
About Hawaiian Paradise Park
Census-designated place in the United States
Hawaiian Paradise Park, also referred to as Paradise Park and known by many as HPP, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States, located in the District of Puna. As of the 2020 census, Hawaiian Paradise Park had a population of 14,957. There are also numerous historic and archeological preservation sites in the subdivision, which include Native Hawaiian petroglyphs, heiau, and burial sites.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 16 sq mi
- Elevation
- 140 ft
- Area code
- 808
Hawaiian Paradise Park’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Hawaiian Paradise Park.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Paradise Park | — | — | C | — | — | B |
| Orchidlands Estates | — | — | C | — | — | C |
| Hawaiian Beaches | — | — | C | — | — | D |
| Ainaloa | — | — | B− | — | — | C− |
Hawaiian Paradise Park, Orchidlands Estates, Hawaiian Beaches and Ainaloa report no FBI crime data of their own. Hawaiian Paradise Park, Orchidlands Estates, Hawaiian Beaches and Ainaloa aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hawaiian Paradise Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Hawaiian Paradise Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI a good place to live?
Hawaiian Paradise Park 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). Some 13,203 people live in this town, in Hawaii State.
Is Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $457,000, 45% below the Hawaii State 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.
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