Best PlacesKamalo, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kamalo, 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.
Kamalo ranks 30,499th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kamalo
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.
Kamalo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kamalo ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute20.3 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Kamalo ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kamalo
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kamalo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,573, 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 Kamalo's effective rate of 0.24%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kamalo
Kamalo runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kamalo.
Who works in Kamalo, and how
Work in Kamalo centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Kamalo
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kamalo, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kamalo, month by month
Kamalo sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 81, with lows near 64. The comfortable stretch runs December through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| April | 82° | 74° | 67° |
| July | 87° | 79° | 73° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Kamalo
The nearest airport, Kalaupapa, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kahului, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kamalo
Schools across Kamalo average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kaunakakai Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Kilohana Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Molokai Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Molokai High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kamalo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kamalo 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 Kamalo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kamalo
Is Kamalo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kamalo ranks 30,499th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kamalo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $428,215. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $81,573 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Kamalo safe?
Kamalo is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Kamalo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kamalo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kamalo 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.
Kamalo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kamalo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kamalo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kamalo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kamalo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kamalo 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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