Best PlacesThe Arts District, Honolulu, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Arts District, 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.
The Arts District, Honolulu ranks 2,399th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in The Arts District, 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.
The Arts District, Honolulu's strengths and weaknesses
Where The Arts District, Honolulu ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where The Arts District, Honolulu ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in The Arts District, Honolulu
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Arts District, Honolulu home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,463, 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 The Arts District, Honolulu's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 The Arts District, Honolulu
The Arts District, 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 The Arts District, Honolulu.
Who works in The Arts District, Honolulu, and how
Work in The Arts District, Honolulu centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 31%
Life in The Arts District, Honolulu
The Arts District, Honolulu has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of The Arts District, Honolulu and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Arts District, Honolulu, month by month
The Arts District, Honolulu sees roughly 145 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 The Arts District, Honolulu
Daniel K Inouye International sits about 4 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 The Arts District, Honolulu
Schools across The Arts District, Honolulu average a C−, better than 24% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kauluwela Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Royal Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Princess Victoria Kaiulani Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prince David Kawananakoa Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Princess Ruth Keelikolani Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- President William Mckinley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Arts District, Honolulu school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Arts District, 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 The Arts District, Honolulu against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in The Arts District, Honolulu
Is The Arts District, Honolulu a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Arts District, Honolulu ranks 2,399th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, low property taxes, and clean air, 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 The Arts District, Honolulu expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $525,596. The overall cost of living runs about 59% above the national average. Set against a $60,463 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is The Arts District, Honolulu safe?
Yes, The Arts District, Honolulu is safer than 69% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $436 per resident a year.
Compare The Arts District, Honolulu with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Arts District, Honolulu. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Arts District, 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.
The Arts District, Honolulu detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Arts District, Honolulu: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Arts District, Honolulu: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Arts District, Honolulu: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Arts District, Honolulu: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Arts District, 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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