Ko OlinaHI
A town of 1,670 in Hawaii.
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 midpoint 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 density of trails 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
Ko Olina had 4,228 jobs in 2023, up 698 from 2013. For most workers, Ko Olina is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Its middle household income comes in at $133,000. The median commute is under 13 miles.
| 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
Natural hazards: very high risk in Ko Olina, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 41% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 32% to tsunamis. Ko Olina’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 87 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ko Olina is healthier than four in five U.S. towns
Ko Olina beats the Hawaii average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. The share of adults in Ko Olina who binge drink: 21%. Among adults here, 44% sleep under 7 hours and 18% have been diagnosed with depression.
| 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
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Ko Olina’s year
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 65° and snow is almost unheard of.
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 $1.6M at the median
Ko Olina: 64% of households are owner-occupiers. Homes sold in Ko Olina spent a median 109 days on the market.
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.