HonaloHI
A town of 1,071.
Is Honalo a good place to live?
The best of Honalo’s subject grades is a B+ for health; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Honalo’s January low is 69°F, where Hawaii’s towns sit at 64°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Only 12 of Hawaii’s 124 towns score lower on incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. 0.1% of the land in Honalo is conserved, below both the Hawaii town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 1 of Hawaii’s 125 towns score lower on the outdoors. Honalo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Honalo has shrunk 59% from 2010 to 2020
2,423 counted in 2010 and 996 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Honalo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Honalo is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Honalo: who provides what
Honalo 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Honalo.
About one in three of Honalo’s working residents commute to Urban Honolulu
Most working residents leave Honalo for work: only 0% work in town. The median household income in Honalo is $63,000. Jobs based in Honalo grew to 129 in 2023, 54 more than in 2013.
| Honalo | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $63,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Honalo faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Honalo is healthier than 68% of U.S. towns
Honalo beats the Hawaii average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 20% of adults binge drink in Honalo. Only 7 of the 94 Hawaii towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Honalo.
| Honalo | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 45% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 76% | 79% |
| What stands out | Honalo | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 8.5% |
| Fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours | 38.2% | 45.7% |
| More adults with depression | 21.2% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Honalo has mild winters and pleasant summers
Honalo has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 69° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Honalo earns a D for the outdoors
5.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Honalo’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mauna Kea and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Honalo. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi MountainMauna Kea
Big draw21 mi MountainMauna Loa
16 mi National ParkHawai'i Volcanoes National Park1.9M visitors a year
8 mi MountainHualālai
11 mi National Historical ParkPu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park372K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumHulihee PalacePhoto credits
Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mauna Loa: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hualālai: Photograph by J. Kauahikaua., Public domain · Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Hulihee Palace: Calbear22 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Honalo
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Honalo; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Honalo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
1,071 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Honalo
Census-designated place in Hawaii, U.S.
Honalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Honalo had a population of 996.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,391 ft
- Area code
- 808
Questions about Honalo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Honalo, HI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.