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Home to 2,020 people, this town lies in Hawaii.
The best of Princeville’s subject grades is an A+ for health; the weakest is a D for cost of living. Princeville’s value of a typical home is $1,391,000, above both the Hawaii town median ($924,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($332,000). Only 1 of Hawaii’s 125 towns score higher on health. Princeville is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 70% of U.S. towns. Princeville’s trail density is 2.1 miles per square mile, where Hawaii’s towns sit at 0.6 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Kaua'i Belt Road-North Shore section is on the National Register of Historic Places. Princeville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Princeville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Where Princeville beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Princeville | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 17.3% |
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 3 maps from 1963 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Where Princeville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Ordered by what stands out in Princeville.
Home values are down 2.4% over the year to September 2026. For renter households in Princeville, the share who spend 30% or more of their income on rent is 50%.
| Princeville | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Among 94 Hawaii towns, just 8 have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Princeville. Just over a tenth of Princeville adults report frequent mental distress. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Princeville is ahead of Hawaii on 16 and behind on 2.
| Princeville | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 27% | 35% |
| What stands out | Princeville | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 17.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.7% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.4% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The share of working residents in Princeville who work locally: 28%. Among 94 Hawaii towns, just 5 have a lower mean commuting time than Princeville. Jobs based in the town fell to 1,184 in 2023, 138 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Urban Honolulu (16%), Hanalei (10%) and Lihue (6%).
| Princeville | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 28% | 3.7% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 62° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Federal aid has come to Princeville households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2018. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 2011: one.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Across 3 parks and preserves: 5.4 miles of trail. Among 86 Hawaii towns, just 3 have a lower share of conserved land than Princeville. Parks and preserves in the town: 3, covering 11 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prince Albert Park | — | 7 |
| 2. Emmalani Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Princeville. Close and well known come first.
11 mi State parkNā Pali Coast State Park
16 mi Canyon & gorgeWaimea Canyon State Park
8 mi BeachHanakapiai Beach
22 mi LandmarkRussian Fort Elizabeth
23 mi GardenAllerton Garden
6 mi GardenLimahuli Garden and PreserveNā Pali Coast State Park: Jmblanco74, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Waimea Canyon State Park: Aaronbernstein, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hanakapiai Beach: Jeff Kubina, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Russian Fort Elizabeth: en:User:Mel29, Public domain · Allerton Garden: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Limahuli Garden and Preserve: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0
Princeville is unincorporated, so Kauai 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.
None within 15 miles of Princeville; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Princeville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
Place in Hawaii, United States
Princeville is a 9,000-acre (3,600 ha) unincorporated area mostly consisting of master-planned homes and condos on the north shore of the island of Kauaʻi in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2020 census, Princeville had a population of 2,157.
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2 towns share a border with Princeville.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeville | — | — | D | — | — | A+ |
| Kalihiwai | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hanalei | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Princeville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Princeville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Kalihiwai and Hanalei aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Princeville with a neighbor →
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Yes. That is 14.2 years of the area's median household income ($97,668 across the Kapaa, HI area).
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