Best PlacesHawaiian Village, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hawaiian Village, 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 Village ranks 40,083rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hawaiian Village
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 Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hawaiian Village ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Hawaiian Village ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hawaiian Village
A household needs to earn about $219,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hawaiian Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,182, 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 Village's effective rate of 0.18%, 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 Village
Hawaiian Village's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hawaiian Village.
Who works in Hawaiian Village, and how
Work in Hawaiian Village centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hawaiian Village
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hawaiian Village, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hawaiian Village, month by month
Hawaiian Village sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 83, with lows near 63. The comfortable stretch runs December through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 83° | 73° | 63° |
| April | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 90° | 79° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Hawaiian Village
Kahului sits about 1 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.4 million passengers in 2025, with 32 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hawaiian Village
Schools across Hawaiian Village average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kahului Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maui Waena Intermediate SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Maui High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hawaiian Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hawaiian Village 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 Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hawaiian Village
Is Hawaiian Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hawaiian Village ranks 40,083rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and population health, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hawaiian Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $913,800. The overall cost of living runs about 43% above the national average. Set against a $72,182 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Hawaiian Village safe?
Hawaiian Village is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,400 per resident a year.
Compare Hawaiian Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hawaiian Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hawaiian Village 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 Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hawaiian Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hawaiian Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hawaiian Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hawaiian Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hawaiian Village 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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