Best PlacesMana, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mana, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mana ranks 11,874th 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 Mana
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.
Mana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mana ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Household income$164,358 median, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
Where Mana ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mana
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $164,358, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Mana's effective rate of 0.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mana
Mana 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 Mana.
Who works in Mana, and how
Work in Mana centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Mana
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mana, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mana, month by month
Mana sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 81, with lows near 65. The comfortable stretch runs December through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 81° | 73° | 65° |
| April | 83° | 75° | 67° |
| July | 88° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 87° | 79° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Mana
The nearest airport, Lihue, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Daniel K Inouye International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mana
Schools across Mana average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kekaha Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Waimea Canyon Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Waimea High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mana 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 Mana against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mana
Is Mana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mana ranks 11,874th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on crime and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $600,000. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $164,358 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Mana safe?
Mana is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,559 per resident a year.
Compare Mana with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mana 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.
Mana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mana 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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