Best PlacesCaptain Cook, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Captain Cook, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Captain Cook ranks 21,677th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Captain Cook
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Captain Cook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Captain Cook ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 199 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Captain Cook ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Captain Cook
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Captain Cook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,129, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Captain Cook's effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Captain Cook
Captain Cook runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Captain Cook.
Who works in Captain Cook, and how
Work in Captain Cook centers on construction and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Captain Cook
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Captain Cook, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Captain Cook, month by month
Captain Cook sees roughly 199 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 83, with lows near 69. The comfortable stretch runs February.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 83° | 76° | 69° |
| April | 84° | 78° | 71° |
| July | 87° | 81° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 81° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Captain Cook
The nearest airport, Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kahului, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Captain Cook
Schools across Captain Cook average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Konawaena Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Hookena Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Honaunau Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Konawaena Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Konawaena High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Captain Cook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Captain Cook measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Captain Cook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Captain Cook
Is Captain Cook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Captain Cook ranks 21,677th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Captain Cook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $676,850. The overall cost of living runs about 43% above the national average. Set against a $94,129 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Captain Cook safe?
Captain Cook is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Captain Cook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Captain Cook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Captain Cook represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Captain Cook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Captain Cook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Captain Cook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Captain Cook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Captain Cook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Captain Cook detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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