Ko OlinaHI
A town of 1,670.
Is Ko Olina a good place to live?
The best of Ko Olina’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Ko Olina’s median rent is $3,501 a month, where Hawaii’s towns sit at $2,015 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Homes are expensive, about $932K for a typical one and 8.8 times the Urban Honolulu metro’s $106K median household income. Among 94 Hawaii towns, just 2 have a higher share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Ko Olina. Ko Olina’s trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile, above both the Hawaii town median (0.6) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Ko Olina has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Ko Olina stand out
Where Ko Olina beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Ko Olina has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,799 counted in 2010 and 1,999 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Ko Olina grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Ko Olina is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
USS Missouri and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ko Olina. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi MuseumUSS Missouri
11 mi MuseumUSS Arizona Memorial
12 mi Stadium & arenaAloha Stadium
21 mi MountainDiamond Head
19 mi BeachWaikīkī
12 mi MuseumUSS BowfinPhoto credits
USS 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
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Moving to Ko Olina: who provides what
Ko Olina 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 Ko Olina.
A job hub: Ko Olina has 43.1 jobs for every working resident and draws in 4,225 commuters
Most working residents leave Ko Olina for work: only 3% work in town. Ko Olina’s median household income is $133,000. Jobs based in Ko Olina grew to 4,228 in 2023, 698 more than in 2013.
| Ko Olina | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $133,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 3.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a very high hazard risk in Ko Olina
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ko Olina is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns
Ko Olina beats the Hawaii average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 21% of Ko Olina adults binge drink.
| Ko Olina | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 45% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ko Olina | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 8.5% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6% | 7.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.3% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Ko Olina, expect mild winters and hot summers
Ko Olina has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Ko Olina is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Ko Olina sells for about $730K at the median
64% of households own their home in Ko Olina.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ko Olina
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Ko Olina
About 13 of every 100 Ko Olina residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
Every workday, about 4,225 people come to Ko Olina for work
Where Ko Olina’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ko Olina
Census-designated place on Oahu, Hawaii, US
Ko Olina Resort is a 642-acre (2.60 km2) master-planned vacation and residential community on the leeward coast of Oahu, 17 miles (27 km) west of Honolulu. Ko Olina has 2 miles (3.2 km) of coastal frontage and includes three natural and four man-made lagoons with white-sand beaches. The master-planned resort community, owned by Honolulu-based The Resort Group, is home to four hotel and vacation-club resorts: Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club, the Beach Villas at Ko Olina and The Four Seasons Resort O'ahu at Ko Olina, and villa homes at Ko Olina Kai, Kai Lani, Coconut Plantation, and Hillside. Previously, the JW Marriott at Ko Olina occupied the Four Seasons Hotel…
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 26 ft
Questions about Ko Olina
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ko Olina, HI expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $932,000, 12% 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 D.