Best PlacesDiamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu, 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.
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu ranks 1,104th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
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.
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu's strengths and weaknesses
Where Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
A household needs to earn about $242,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,480, 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 Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu.
Who works in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu, and how
Work in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu centers on hospitality & food and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 1 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu, month by month
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 82, with lows near 67. The comfortable stretch runs December through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82° | 75° | 67° |
| April | 84° | 77° | 70° |
| July | 89° | 81° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
Daniel K Inouye International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.5 million passengers in 2025, with 65 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
Schools across Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu average a B−, better than 66% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hokulani Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Manoa Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Waikiki Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kaimuki Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Robert Louis Stevenson Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- William P Jarrett Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Kalani High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- President Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Kaimuki High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu 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 Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu suits
Retirees
The weather beats 78% of neighborhoods and health care access beats 81%.
Common questions about living in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu
Is Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu ranks 1,104th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and transit, and lowest on state infrastructure and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $988,137. The overall cost of living runs about 80% above the national average. Set against a $102,480 median income, cost of living beats 20% of neighborhoods.
Is Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu safe?
Yes, Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu is safer than 84% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 82 with lows near 67. That works out to about 154 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of neighborhoods.
Is Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu good for families?
Schools beat 66% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $1,434 a month.
Compare Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu 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.
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St Louis, Honolulu 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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