Orchidlands EstatesHI
With 3,027 residents, it is a town in Hawaii.
Is Orchidlands Estates a good place to live?
Orchidlands Estates’ weakest subject grade is a D− for hazard risk. On walkability, just 3 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 4 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do worse. Orchidlands Estates 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).
Orchidlands Estates has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
2,815 counted in 2010 and 3,165 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Orchidlands Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Orchidlands Estates is from typical.
Orchidlands Estates 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 →
Mauna Kea and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Orchidlands Estates. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi MountainMauna Kea
Big draw20 mi MountainKīlauea
Big draw39 mi MountainMauna Loa
13 mi National ParkHawai'i Volcanoes National Park1.9M visitors a year
3 mi CaveKazumura Cave
13 mi WaterfallRainbow FallsPhoto credits
Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kīlauea: Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Public domain · Mauna Loa: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kazumura Cave: Dave Bunnell / Under Earth Images, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rainbow Falls: Kyle Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Orchidlands Estates: who provides what
Orchidlands Estates is unincorporated, so Hawaii 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 Orchidlands Estates.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Orchidlands Estates: inland flooding
Orchidlands Estates’ risk rating from FEMA is 100 of 100, above both Hawaii’s towns (93 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). FEMA puts 56% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Orchidlands Estates has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Orchidlands Estates: 0.8% of working residents work locally. Jobs based here fell to 48 in 2023, 26 fewer than in 2013. In Orchidlands Estates, 14% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.5% in Hawaii’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. For Orchidlands Estates, the mean commuting time is 29 minutes.
| Orchidlands Estates | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 3.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Orchidlands Estates is less healthy than seven in ten U.S. towns
In Orchidlands Estates, 21% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Among 93 Hawaii towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Orchidlands Estates. Two figures for adults locally: 17% report frequent physical distress, 27% worry about having enough food.
| Orchidlands Estates | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 18% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Orchidlands Estates | HI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.8% | 8.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.4% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 11% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Orchidlands Estates has mild winters and pleasant summers
Orchidlands Estates’ peak summer temperature stands at 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Hawaii overall
For residents in Orchidlands Estates, the share who are 65 or older is 15%. Four-year graduates: 27% of adults 25 and older here, 36% across Hawaii. In Orchidlands Estates, the midpoint age is 43.7 years.
| Orchidlands Estates | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.7 years | 41.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 22% and 52% women
The Census survey reached too few of Orchidlands Estates’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.1 points. Across Hawaii, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Orchidlands Estates | HI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.2% | 9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 26.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 22.4% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.2% | 22.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7% | 13.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
A home in Orchidlands Estates sells for about $430K at the median
Among 93 Hawaii towns, just 3 have a higher share of households owning their home than Orchidlands Estates. For Orchidlands Estates, the median rent is $1,398 a month.
| Orchidlands Estates | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,398 a month | $2,017 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Orchidlands Estates is conserved land
4.6 miles of trail. Orchidlands Estates’ trail density comes in at 0.5 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Orchidlands Estates
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Orchidlands Estates
About 3 of every 100 Orchidlands Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
99% of working residents leave Orchidlands Estates for work
Where Orchidlands Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Orchidlands Estates
Census-designated place in Hawaii, U.S.
Orchidlands Estates (also known as Orchidland or Orchid Land Estates) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States located in the District of Puna. As of the 2020 census, Orchidlands Estates had a population of 3,165.
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- Area
- 9.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 518 ft
- Area code
- 808
Orchidlands Estates’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Orchidlands Estates.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchidlands Estates | — | — | C | — | — | C |
| Hawaiian Paradise Park | — | — | C | — | — | B |
| Kurtistown | — | — | B− | — | — | B− |
| Hawaiian Acres | — | — | B− | — | — | C |
| Tiki Gardens | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ainaloa | — | — | B− | — | — | C− |
Orchidlands Estates, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kurtistown, Hawaiian Acres and Ainaloa report no FBI crime data of their own. Orchidlands Estates, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kurtistown, Hawaiian Acres, Tiki Gardens and Ainaloa aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Orchidlands Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Orchidlands Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Orchidlands Estates, HI a good place to live?
Orchidlands Estates 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 Orchidlands Estates, HI expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $386,000, 54% below 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 C.