KeokeaHI
This town of 2,892 people was settled in 1900.
Is Keokea a good place to live?
Keokea’s weakest subject grade is a D− for hazard risk. Keokea’s typical journey to work is 39 minutes, where Hawaii’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 93 Hawaii towns, just 4 have a lower midsummer high than Keokea. 24% of the land in Keokea is conserved, where Hawaii’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Ket Hing Society Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Keokea 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).
Keokea has grown 36% from 2010 to 2020
1,612 counted in 2010 and 2,199 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Keokea grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Keokea is from typical.
Keokea 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 →
Haleakala National Park and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Keokea. Close and well known come first.
7 mi National ParkHaleakala National Park854K visitors a year
11 mi Zoo & aquariumMaui Ocean Center
22 mi GardenKahanu Garden
12 mi MuseumAlexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum
3 mi GardenKula Botanical Garden
14 mi GardenMaui Nui Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Haleakala National Park: Michael Oswald, Public domain · Maui Ocean Center: Richard N Horne, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kahanu Garden: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0 · Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain · Kula Botanical Garden: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us · Maui Nui Botanical Gardens: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us
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Moving to Keokea: who provides what
Keokea is unincorporated, so Maui 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 Keokea.
Keokea has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Keokea, the FEMA risk score is 94 of 100. Expected losses in Keokea break down as 71% from inland flooding and 15% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Keokea has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (21%), Kahului (15%) and Wailuku (14%). Only 1% of working residents stay in Keokea for work; the rest commute out. The median household income for Keokea comes to $114,000. Since 2013, Keokea has added 154 jobs, to 234 in 2023.
| Keokea | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $114,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 3.7% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Keokea, 23.5% of the land is conserved
15 miles of trail. In Keokea, the concentration of trails is 0.8 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Keokea are healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
For adults in Keokea, the share who smoke cigarettes is 15%. Nearly three quarters of adults here had a checkup this year; 17% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Keokea | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 76% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 45% | 36% |
| What stands out | Keokea | HI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.6% | 11% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.2% | 8.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Keokea sells for about $1.74M
The rent at the middle of the market in Keokea is $1,836 a month. Keokea: 77% of households live in a home they own.
| Keokea | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,836 a month | $2,017 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Keokea
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Keokea
About 3 of every 100 Keokea residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
99% of working residents leave Keokea for work
Where Keokea’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Keokea’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Keokea.
Keokea and Kula report no FBI crime data of their own. Keokea and Kula aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Keokea with a neighbor →
Questions about Keokea
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Keokea, HI a good place to live?
Keokea 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 Keokea, HI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $728,000, 13% below 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.