Best PlacesHawaiian Paradise Park, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hawaiian Paradise Park, 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.
Hawaiian Paradise Park ranks 17,298th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hawaiian Paradise Park
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.
Hawaiian Paradise Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hawaiian Paradise Park ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 243 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
Where Hawaiian Paradise Park ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hawaiian Paradise Park
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hawaiian Paradise Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,866, 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 Hawaiian Paradise Park's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 Hawaiian Paradise Park
Hawaiian Paradise Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Who works in Hawaiian Paradise Park, and how
Work in Hawaiian Paradise Park centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hawaiian Paradise Park
The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hawaiian Paradise Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hawaiian Paradise Park, month by month
Hawaiian Paradise Park sees roughly 243 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 61. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 68° | 61° |
| April | 78° | 70° | 64° |
| July | 81° | 73° | 67° |
| October | 81° | 72° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Hawaiian Paradise Park
The nearest airport, Hilo International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kahului, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hawaiian Paradise Park
Schools across Hawaiian Paradise Park average a D+, better than 11% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Keaau Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Keonepoko Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Keaau Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Keaau High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Pahoa High & Intermediate SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hawaiian Paradise Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hawaiian Paradise Park 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 Hawaiian Paradise Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hawaiian Paradise Park
Is Hawaiian Paradise Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hawaiian Paradise Park ranks 17,298th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on distance from a big city and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hawaiian Paradise Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $441,979. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $84,866 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Hawaiian Paradise Park safe?
Yes, Hawaiian Paradise Park is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
Compare Hawaiian Paradise Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hawaiian Paradise Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hawaiian Paradise Park 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.
Hawaiian Paradise Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hawaiian Paradise Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hawaiian Paradise Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hawaiian Paradise Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hawaiian Paradise Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hawaiian Paradise Park 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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