Waimanalo BeachHI
It is a town of 4,505 residents in Hawaii.
Is Waimanalo Beach a good place to live?
The best of Waimanalo Beach’s subject grades are an A− for walkability and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Waimanalo Beach’s January low is 65°F, against 64°F in Hawaii’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Only 8 of Hawaii’s 125 towns score higher on cost of living. 34% of the land in Waimanalo Beach is conserved, where Hawaii’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Waimanalo Beach has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Waimānalo Beach Park, at 25 acres. Waimanalo Beach 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 Waimanalo Beach stand out
Where Waimanalo Beach beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
100% of working residents leave Waimanalo Beach for work
Where Waimanalo Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Waimanalo Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Hawaii), ordered by how far Waimanalo Beach is from typical.
Waimanalo Beach 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 →
USS Missouri and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Waimanalo Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumUSS Missouri
9 mi MountainDiamond Head
17 mi MuseumUSS Arizona Memorial
9 mi BeachWaikīkī
16 mi Stadium & arenaAloha Stadium
10 mi LandmarkNational Memorial Cemetery of the PacificPhoto credits
USS Missouri: Camera Operator: EM2 KENNETH D. MEHL (Released to Public), Public domain · Diamond Head: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Arizona Memorial: DoD photo by: PH3(AW/SW) JAYME PASTORIC, USN, Public domain · Waikīkī: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Aloha Stadium: This photo was taken and originally uploaded by Bobak to English Wikipedia. Uplo, CC BY 3.0 · National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific: Cleared as filed at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Waimanalo Beach: who provides what
Waimanalo Beach is unincorporated, so Honolulu 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 Waimanalo Beach.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Waimanalo Beach, mostly inland flooding
Flood insurance has paid out on 2 claims in Waimanalo Beach since 2018. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The schools Waimanalo Beach’s kids attend
The Hawaii Department of Education school district runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Waimanalo Beach, with 382 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanche Pope Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 212 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Waimanalo Beach
Across 2 parks and preserves: 1.3 miles of trail. Waimanalo Beach’s trail density comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Waimānalo Beach Park | — | 25 |
| 2. Kaiona Beach Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Waimanalo Beach’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
Among workers in Waimanalo Beach, 5.6% do their job from home. Employers in Waimanalo Beach added 34 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 184. In Waimanalo Beach, the average commute is 33 minutes. Half commute less than 25 miles.
| Waimanalo Beach | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $127,000 | $100,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 5.6% | 8.2% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 9.7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Waimanalo Beach
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 65° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A older population than Hawaii as a whole
In Waimanalo Beach, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Among adults 25 and older, 26% have a four-year degree or more, against 36% across Hawaii. Its age of the median resident stands at 46.5 years.
| Waimanalo Beach | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 46.5 years | 41.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 31% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49.7% women, 50.3% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±0.6 points. Across Hawaii, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Waimanalo Beach | HI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.4% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 12.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.7% | 9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.2% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.3% | 26.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.4% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.9% | 22.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.3% | 13.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,500, single groups can be off by several points
Waimanalo Beach is less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
For adults in Waimanalo Beach, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 22%. Of 32 CDC measures, Waimanalo Beach beats the Hawaii average on 1 and trails it on 17. In Waimanalo Beach, 20% of adults binge drink, and 36% have obesity. Among 93 Hawaii towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Waimanalo Beach.
| Waimanalo Beach | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 51% | 45% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 26% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Waimanalo Beach | HI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 69.7% | 62.6% |
| More adults with obesity | 35.7% | 25.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Waimanalo Beach sell for about $4.8M
The midpoint rent in Waimanalo Beach is $1,275 a month. Among 93 Hawaii towns, just 9 have a higher share of households owning their home than Waimanalo Beach.
| Waimanalo Beach | Hawaii towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,275 a month | $2,017 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Waimanalo Beach
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Waimanalo Beach
About 5 of every 100 Waimanalo Beach residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Hawaii.
About Waimanalo Beach
Census-designated place in the United States
Waimānalo Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the District of Koʻolaupoko, on the island of Oʻahu in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. This small windward community is located near the eastern end of the island, and the climate is dry. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 4,823. This neighborhood is close to, but somewhat separate from Waimānalo, although the two form a single community. Waimānalo Beach (the town) lies along the eastern half of Waimānalo Beach (the beach), with an overall length of nearly 5.5 mi (8.9 km), the longest stretch of sandy shoreline on Oʻahu. Waimānalo Beach has sparse commercial development along Kalaniana…
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- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 808
Waimanalo Beach’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Waimanalo Beach.
| Town | HI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waimanalo Beach | — | — | B+ | — | — | B− |
| Waimanalo | — | — | C− | — | — | C+ |
| East Honolulu | — | — | D | — | — | A |
Waimanalo Beach, Waimanalo and East Honolulu report no FBI crime data of their own. Waimanalo Beach, Waimanalo and East Honolulu aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Waimanalo Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Waimanalo Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Waimanalo Beach, HI a good place to live?
Waimanalo Beach 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 Waimanalo Beach, HI expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $852,000, 2% 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 B+.