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Fern Forest, HI

1,088 Population
12.5 square miles 87.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,229 ±$8,320 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $39,739 ±$1,197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hawaii: $46,005 ±$561
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,917 ±$17,594 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $78,639 ±$2,560
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Hawaii: $100,389 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.6% ±9.9% (333  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 14.9% 30,331 (±1.2% / ±2,443)
  • more than double the rate in Hawaii: 10% 141,401 (±0.3% / ±4,578)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

49.1 minutes ±38.9 (12,275  ±6,793) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 27.4 2,083,020 (±0.9 / ±81,000)
  • nearly double the figure in Hawaii: 26.2 16,458,540 (±0.2 / ±156,198)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

545 ±139 Number of households
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 74,072 ±842
  • Hawaii: 492,453 ±2,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (1,088  ±335) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 2.7 203,199 (±0 / ±83)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,405,082
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

592 ±145 Number of housing units
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 90,735 ±123
  • Hawaii: 567,896 ±229
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,900 ±$47,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $519,300 ±$16,515
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Hawaii: $839,100 ±$5,924
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±3.9% (88  ±50.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 10.7% 21,813 (±0.9% / ±1,894.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 12.5% 179,272 (±0.4% / ±5,002.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±36.5% (857  ±218.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 93.2% 139,379 (±1.9% / ±2,810.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 93.2% 959,722 (±0.6% / ±6,598.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±5.8% (170  ±74.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 31.4% 47,001 (±1.1% / ±1,632.9)
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 36.1% 372,299 (±0.4% / ±3,891.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

7.6% ±3% (71  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 7.3% 11,933 (±0.5% / ±794)
  • a little less than the rate in Hawaii: 8% 87,697 (±0.2% / ±2,124)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±35 63 Male ±38 8 Female ±11

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