Waikoloa Beach ResortHI
With 656 residents, it is a town in Hawaii. A regional job hub with 3,155 jobs.
Is Waikoloa Beach Resort a good place to live?
Waikoloa Beach Resort’s typical rent is $3,501 a month, where Hawaii’s towns sit at $2,015 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. No town among the 94 in Hawaii we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Waikoloa Beach Resort. Ala Loa and Francis E. Ii Brown House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Waikoloa Beach Resort has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Waikoloa Beach Resort stand out
Where Waikoloa Beach Resort beats most towns.
656 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Waikoloa Beach Resort: who provides what
Waikoloa Beach Resort 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 Waikoloa Beach Resort.
With 13.4 jobs for every working resident, Waikoloa Beach Resort draws in 3,104 commuters
Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles. In Waikoloa Beach Resort, just over a fifth of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Kaiminani (11%), Hilo (11%) and Urban Honolulu (8%). The town’s average trip to work is recorded as 24 minutes.
| Waikoloa Beach Resort | Typical Hawaii town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 4.4% | 7.9% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Waikoloa Beach Resort has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Waikoloa Beach Resort, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 100 of 100. Expected losses in Waikoloa Beach Resort break down as 57% from inland flooding and 18% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Waikoloa Beach Resort: mild winters and hot summers
The midsummer high here in Waikoloa Beach Resort is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 9.4% of Waikoloa Beach Resort
15 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Waikoloa Beach Resort’s trail density is put at 1.2 miles per square mile. The park or preserve spreads over 19 acres of the town.
| Waikoloa Beach Resort | Typical Hawaii town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.2 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.4% | 12% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kalahuipua'a Historic Park | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Waikoloa Beach Resort stands out in Hawaii and nationally, with fewer of its adults who report frequent mental distress
For adults in Waikoloa Beach Resort, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 30%. Of the 94 Hawaii towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Waikoloa Beach Resort. The town beats the Hawaii average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Waikoloa Beach Resort | Typical Hawaii town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 45% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 76% | 79% |
| What stands out | Waikoloa Beach Resort | HI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.3% | 10.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 17.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.1% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Waikoloa Beach Resort sells for about $1.7M
Among households in Waikoloa Beach Resort, 82% are owner-occupiers. Homes sold in Waikoloa Beach Resort spent a median 176 days on the market. In Waikoloa Beach Resort, the typical sale closed at 94.6% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mauna Kea and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Waikoloa Beach Resort. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi MountainMauna Kea
Big draw36 mi MountainMauna Loa
17 mi MountainHualālai
34 mi National ParkHawai'i Volcanoes National Park1.9M visitors a year
7 mi National Historic SitePu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site22K visitors a year
35 mi National Historical ParkPu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park372K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mauna Loa: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hualālai: Photograph by J. Kauahikaua., Public domain · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site: Bamse, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
Everything we know about Waikoloa Beach Resort
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Waikoloa Beach Resort; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Waikoloa Beach Resort residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Hawaii.
Every workday, about 3,104 people come to Waikoloa Beach Resort for work
Where Waikoloa Beach Resort’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Questions about Waikoloa Beach Resort
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Waikoloa Beach Resort, HI a good place to live?
Waikoloa Beach Resort has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.