Napili-HonokowaiHI
This town in Hawaii has a population of 7,308.
Is Napili-Honokowai a good place to live?
The best of Napili-Honokowai’s subject grades is an A for health; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Napili-Honokowai’s January low is 66°F, near the Hawaii town median (64°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). On health, just 11 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do better. Homes are expensive, about $879K for a typical one and 9.1 times the Kahului metro’s $97K median household income. Napili-Honokowai’s trail network density is 1.4 miles per square mile, above both the Hawaii town median (0.5) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Napili-Honokowai 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 Napili-Honokowai stand out
Where Napili-Honokowai beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
94% of working residents leave Napili-Honokowai for work
Where Napili-Honokowai’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Napili-Honokowai grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Napili-Honokowai is from typical.
Napili-Honokowai 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 →
Moving to Napili-Honokowai: who provides what
Napili-Honokowai 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 Napili-Honokowai.
Residents of Napili-Honokowai are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns
Napili-Honokowai: 27% of adults have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Napili-Honokowai beats the Hawaii average on 9 and trails it on 4. Also worth knowing: only 4 of the 93 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Napili-Honokowai. In Napili-Honokowai, 73% of adults had a checkup this year, and 27% have high blood pressure.
| Napili-Honokowai | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 76% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Napili-Honokowai | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who get no exercise | 17.1% | 23% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.4% | 12.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 22% | 17.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maui Preparatory Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 385 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Very high risk in Napili-Honokowai, with tsunamis at the top
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Napili-Honokowai than in 89% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 47% come from tsunamis and 31% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Napili-Honokowai’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Only 9 of the 93 Hawaii towns we compare have a lower average commute than Napili-Honokowai. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 6% of working residents work locally. In Napili-Honokowai, the middle household income is $106,000. Half of commuters travel less than 13 miles.
| Napili-Honokowai | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $106,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.7% | 8.2% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Napili-Honokowai
The town’s July high stands at 86°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Napili-Honokowai looks like Hawaii by age
27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Hawaii. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Hawaii average. The share of residents in Napili-Honokowai who are under 18: 19%.
| Napili-Honokowai | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.4 points). Across Hawaii, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Napili-Honokowai | HI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.6% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.6% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 26.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19% | 22.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 13.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
4.1% of the land in Napili-Honokowai is protected from building
Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 5.9 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Napili Park | 0.6 mi | 10 |
| 2. Honokowai Beach Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Napili-Honokowai sell for about $532K
53% of households live in a home they own in Napili-Honokowai. In Napili-Honokowai, the median rent is $2,220 a month. A home in Napili-Honokowai typically sold within 191 days of listing.
| Napili-Honokowai | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,220 a month | $2,009 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Haleakala National Park and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Napili-Honokowai. Close and well known come first.
30 mi National ParkHaleakala National Park854K visitors a year
18 mi National Historical ParkKalaupapa National Historical Park15K visitors a year
16 mi Zoo & aquariumMaui Ocean Center
15 mi MuseumAlexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum7 mi MuseumLahaina Heritage Museum
13 mi GardenMaui Nui Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Haleakala National Park: Michael Oswald, Public domain · Kalaupapa National Historical Park: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Maui Ocean Center: Richard N Horne, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain · Maui Nui Botanical Gardens: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us
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Everything we know about Napili-Honokowai
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Napili-Honokowai
About 3 of every 100 Napili-Honokowai residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
About Napili-Honokowai
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
Nāpili-Honokōwai is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 7,042 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 4.3 sq mi
- Area code
- 808
Napili-Honokowai’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Napili-Honokowai.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napili-Honokowai | — | — | D | — | — | A |
| Mahinahina | — | — | D | — | — | A |
| Kapalua | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kaanapali | — | — | D− | — | — | B+ |
Mahinahina and Kaanapali have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Napili-Honokowai, Mahinahina and Kaanapali report no FBI crime data of their own. Napili-Honokowai and Kapalua aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Napili-Honokowai with a neighbor →
Questions about Napili-Honokowai
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Napili-Honokowai, HI a good place to live?
Napili-Honokowai 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 Napili-Honokowai, HI expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $879,000, 6% 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.