PepeekeoHI
A town of 2,056, settled in 1900.
Is Pepeekeo a good place to live?
Pepeekeo’s best subject grades are a B+ for health and cost of living; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Pepeekeo’s median rent is $750 a month, below both the Hawaii town median ($2,015 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On cost of living, just 11 of Hawaii’s 125 towns do better. Pepeekeo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pepeekeo stand out
Where Pepeekeo beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
100% of working residents leave Pepeekeo for work
Where Pepeekeo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pepeekeo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Pepeekeo is from typical.
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Mauna Kea and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pepeekeo. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi MountainMauna Kea
Big draw31 mi MountainKīlauea
29 mi National ParkHawai'i Volcanoes National Park1.9M visitors a year
4 mi State parkAkaka Falls State Park
8 mi WaterfallRainbow Falls
22 mi CaveKazumura CavePhoto credits
Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kīlauea: Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Public domain · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Akaka Falls State Park: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0 · Rainbow Falls: Kyle Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kazumura Cave: Dave Bunnell / Under Earth Images, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Pepeekeo: who provides what
Pepeekeo 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 Pepeekeo.
Pepeekeo faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical Pepeekeo home is worth about $550K
The typical Pepeekeo home is worth about $550,000, up 1% in a year, 34% below the Hawaii typical home. 59% of households own their home in Pepeekeo, against 71% in Hawaii’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pepeekeo’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Pepeekeo for work: only 0% work in town. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Pepeekeo. Among 94 Hawaii towns, just 8 have a lower median household income than Pepeekeo.
| Pepeekeo | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 3.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Pepeekeo is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Pepeekeo beats the Hawaii average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 25% of Pepeekeo adults have obesity.
| Pepeekeo | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 27% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 45% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| What stands out | Pepeekeo | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours | 39.9% | 45.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Hawaii overall
Children under 18 are 31% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (20% statewide). The median age in Pepeekeo is 33.6 years. Only 9 of the 94 Hawaii towns we compare have a higher share of children under 18 than Pepeekeo.
| Pepeekeo | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 31% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 33.6 years | 41.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across Hawaii, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Pepeekeo | HI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.6% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.7% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.2% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 5.6% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.5% | 9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.3% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.8% | 26.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.3% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.1% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 22.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.9% | 13.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
In Pepeekeo, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
Pepeekeo has warm winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Pepeekeo’s July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Pepeekeo
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pepeekeo
About 3 of every 100 Pepeekeo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
Famous people from Pepeekeo
3 notable people were born in Pepeekeo.
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About Pepeekeo
Census-designated place in Hawaii, U.S.
Pepeʻekeo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,789 at the 2010 census, up from 1,697 at the 2000 census.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 564 ft
- ZIP code
- 96783
- Area code
- 808
Questions about Pepeekeo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pepeekeo, HI expensive?
Not for the area. That is 7 years of the area's median household income ($78,639 across the Hilo-Kailua, HI area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
What is Pepeekeo, HI known for?
3 notable people were born here, including Toshiko Takaezu and Kazuhisa Abe.