MaalaeaHI
In Hawaii, this town has 210 residents.
Is Maalaea a good place to live?
51% of residents are 65 or older in Maalaea, above both Hawaii’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). Of the 94 Hawaii towns we compare, none has a higher midpoint age than Maalaea. 16% of the land in Maalaea is conserved, above both Hawaii’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge, 697 acres with 1.5 miles of trail. Maalaea has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Maalaea stand out
Where Maalaea beats most towns.
210 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Maalaea: who provides what
Maalaea 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 Maalaea.
Maalaea has 2.2 jobs for every working resident, and 385 people commute in
Most working residents leave Maalaea for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs here fell by 92 from 2013 to 2023, to 388. In Maalaea, the mean commuting time is 36 minutes. Only 8 of the 94 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower median household income than Maalaea.
| Maalaea | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 3.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a very high hazard risk in Maalaea: inland flooding
33% of Maalaea’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by wildfires at 27%. Compared with 94% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Maalaea, 16.1% of the land is conserved
Walkers can cover 3.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. For Maalaea, the trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge | 1.5 mi | 697 |
| 2. Haycraft Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Maalaea brings mild winters and hot summers
Among 94 Hawaii towns, just 6 have a higher July high than Maalaea. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 64° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Maalaea’s adults feel lonely than in the typical Hawaii or U.S. town
CDC measures, 32 in all: Maalaea beats Hawaii on 11 and trails on 5. Only 3 of the 94 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Maalaea. The share of adults in Maalaea who have high blood pressure: 37%.
| Maalaea | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 45% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 79% | 76% | 79% |
| What stands out | Maalaea | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 17.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.5% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.2% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Maalaea sells for about $600K at the median
The rent at the middle of the market in Maalaea is $2,156 a month. Among households here, 71% own their home.
| Maalaea | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,156 a month | $2,015 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Haleakala National Park and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maalaea. Close and well known come first.
16 mi National ParkHaleakala National Park854K visitors a year
in town Zoo & aquariumMaui Ocean Center
34 mi National Historical ParkKalaupapa National Historical Park15K visitors a year
5 mi MuseumAlexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum
29 mi GardenKahanu Garden
6 mi GardenMaui Nui Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Haleakala National Park: Michael Oswald, Public domain · Maui Ocean Center: Richard N Horne, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalaupapa National Historical Park: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain · Kahanu Garden: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0 · Maui Nui Botanical Gardens: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us
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Everything we know about Maalaea
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Maalaea
About 3 of every 100 Maalaea residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
Every workday, about 385 people come to Maalaea for work
Where Maalaea’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Maalaea
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
Māʻalaea is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 310 at the 2020 census. Māʻalaea sits on the southern coast of the isthmus separating West Maui from the island’s Central Valley. Like other ahupua‘a (Hawaiian land divisions), it widens as it descends from mountain slopes into the sea, occupying 5.4 square miles of land and 2.3 miles of ocean. For more than a millennium, Māʻalaea has been a crossroads, a landing place for Hawaiian kings and armies, and in time, whalers and sailing ships. Highways follow the ancient trails that once branched north to Wailuku (today Maui County’s governmental seat), west to Lahaina, and south to what are now…
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- Area
- 7.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 98 ft
- Area code
- 808
Questions about Maalaea
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maalaea, HI a good place to live?
Maalaea has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.