Best PlacesKuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East 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.
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu ranks 564th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East 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.
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Household income$173,531 median, better than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu
A household needs to earn about $387,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $173,531, 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 Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu 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 Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu.
Who works in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu, and how
Work in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu, month by month
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 81, with lows near 70. The comfortable stretch runs January through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 81° | 75° | 70° |
| April | 82° | 77° | 72° |
| July | 85° | 80° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 80° | 75° |
Flying in and out of Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu
Daniel K Inouye International sits about 11 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 Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu
Schools across Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu average an A−, better than 86% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Mayor John H Wilson Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Koko Head Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Aina Haina Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kaimuki Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Niu Valley Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry J Kaiser High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Kalani High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East 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 Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu
Is Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu ranks 564th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and health care access, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,589,679. The overall cost of living runs about 94% above the national average. Set against a $173,531 median income, cost of living beats 61% of neighborhoods.
Is Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu safe?
Yes, Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu is safer than 97% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $194 per resident a year.
Compare Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East 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.
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East Honolulu: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kuliouou-Kalani Iki, East 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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