Best PlacesMakiki, Honolulu, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Makiki, 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.
Makiki, Honolulu ranks 2,053rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Makiki, 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.
Makiki, Honolulu's strengths and weaknesses
Where Makiki, Honolulu ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Makiki, Honolulu ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Makiki, Honolulu
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Makiki, Honolulu home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,311, 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 Makiki, Honolulu'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Makiki, Honolulu
Makiki, Honolulu runs older than the country, 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 Makiki, Honolulu.
Who works in Makiki, Honolulu, and how
Work in Makiki, Honolulu centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Makiki, Honolulu
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Makiki, Honolulu, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Makiki, Honolulu, month by month
Makiki, Honolulu sees roughly 150 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 Makiki, Honolulu
Daniel K Inouye International sits about 5 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 Makiki, Honolulu
Schools across Makiki, Honolulu average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- President Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Queen Kaahumanu Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Royal Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert Louis Stevenson Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- President George Washington Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Princess Ruth Keelikolani Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- President Theodore Roosevelt High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- President William Mckinley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Makiki, Honolulu school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Makiki, 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 Makiki, Honolulu against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Makiki, Honolulu suits
Retirees
The weather beats 75% of neighborhoods and health care access beats 78%.
Common questions about living in Makiki, Honolulu
Is Makiki, Honolulu a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Makiki, Honolulu ranks 2,053rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and transit, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Makiki, Honolulu expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $538,597. The overall cost of living runs about 72% above the national average. Set against a $79,311 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Makiki, Honolulu safe?
Yes, Makiki, Honolulu is safer than 83% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Makiki, Honolulu?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 82 with lows near 67. That works out to about 150 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of neighborhoods.
Is Makiki, Honolulu good for families?
Schools beat 62% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 83%, and childcare runs $1,434 a month.
Compare Makiki, Honolulu with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Makiki, Honolulu. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Makiki, 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.
Makiki, Honolulu detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Makiki, Honolulu: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Makiki, Honolulu: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Makiki, Honolulu: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Makiki, Honolulu: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Makiki, 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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