Lanai CityHI
A town of 3,393, settled in 1924.
Is Lanai City a good place to live?
The best of Lanai City’s subject grades are an A for walkability and an A− for cost of living and health; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. 32% of working residents work locally in Lanai City, above both Hawaii’s towns (3.6%) and U.S. towns (8%). Only 5 of Hawaii’s 125 towns score higher on cost of living. Lanai City’s density of trails is 2.7 miles per square mile, against 0.5 in Hawaii’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Lanai City 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).
What makes Lanai City stand out
Where Lanai City beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
How Lanai City grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Lanai City is from typical.
Lanai City 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).
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Moving to Lanai City: who provides what
Lanai City 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 Lanai City.
Very high risk in Lanai City, with inland flooding at the top
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 86% of U.S. communities. Households in Lanai City have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2026. FEMA puts 81% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Lanai City’s kids attend
The largest public high school is Lanai High & Elementary School, with 579 students. The Hawaii Department of Education school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanai High & Elementary SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 579 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
Residents of Lanai City are healthier than 79% of U.S. towns
12% of Lanai City adults report frequent physical distress. The town beats the Hawaii average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Two figures for adults here: 23% have obesity, 73% had a checkup this year. Among 93 Hawaii towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Lanai City.
| Lanai City | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 27% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 76% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lanai City | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 13.6% | 16% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 6.7% |
| Fewer adults getting a yearly checkup | 73.4% | 77.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: nearly a quarter of Lanai City
Across 1 park or preserve: 18 miles of trail. One park or preserve covers 7 acres in Lanai City.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dole Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lanai City’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Manele (24%), Urban Honolulu (14%) and Wailuku (4%). About one in three of Lanai City’s working residents works in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 340, to 659. The typical journey to work in the town is 16 minutes.
| Lanai City | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Lanai City
The typical July afternoon high for Lanai City comes to 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer adults under 35 in Lanai City than across Hawaii
In Lanai City, 22% of residents are 65 or older. Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (21% statewide). Here, 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 36% in Hawaii as a whole.
| Lanai City | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.1 years | 41.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Hawaii, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Lanai City | HI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.8% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.6% | 9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.5% | 26.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 22.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.3% | 13.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
Lanai City stands out in Hawaii and nationally: the median rent there is lower
The typical Lanai City home is worth about $691,000, up 0.5% in a year, 17% below the Hawaii typical home. For households locally, the share who are owner-occupiers is 53%.
| Lanai City | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,051 a month | $2,017 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lanai City
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lanai City; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Lanai City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
About Lanai City
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
Lānaʻi City is a census-designated place (CDP) on the island of Lānaʻi, in Maui County, Hawai‘i, United States. The population was 3,332 at the 2020 census. Lānaʻi City is the island's commercial center. Many of the island's restaurants and shops are in the town square that surrounds Dole Park, and the only hospital on the island, Lānaʻi Community Hospital, is near the park. Lānaʻi City is served by Lānaʻi Airport (LNY).
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- Area
- 6.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,644 ft
- ZIP code
- 96763
- Area code
- 808
Questions about Lanai City
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lanai City, HI a good place to live?
Lanai City 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 Lanai City, HI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.