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96778

15,262 Population
211.5 square miles 72.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 44.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,087 ±$2,137 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $39,739 ±$1,197
  • about half the amount in Hawaii: $46,005 ±$561
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,750 ±$9,671 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

35.5% ±6.1% (5,374  ±1,052) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 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)

34.7 minutes ±5.8 (131,235  ±30,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 27.4 2,083,020 (±0.9 / ±81,000)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hawaii: 26.2 16,458,540 (±0.2 / ±156,198)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,303 ±456 Number of households
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 74,072 ±842
  • Hawaii: 492,453 ±2,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (15,228  ±1,409) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 2.7 203,199 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,405,082
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±1.8% (107  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 6.2% † 2,653 (±1.1% / ±455)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 5.8% 18,243 (±0.3% / ±982)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,098 ±419 Number of housing units
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 90,735 ±123
  • Hawaii: 567,896 ±229
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$273,800 ±$27,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $519,300 ±$16,515
  • about one-third of the amount in Hawaii: $839,100 ±$5,924
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±1.6% (1,151  ±265.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 10.7% 21,813 (±0.9% / ±1,894.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 12.5% 179,272 (±0.4% / ±5,002.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±11.7% (10,363  ±897.4) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±2.5% (2,281  ±359.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 31.4% 47,001 (±1.1% / ±1,632.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 36.1% 372,299 (±0.4% / ±3,891.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

9.2% ±1.8% (1,404  ±309) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 11.8% 24,284
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 17.9% 259,001
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±2.1% (1,055  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 7.3% 11,933 (±0.5% / ±794)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 8% 87,697 (±0.2% / ±2,124)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,055 Total veterans ±276 930 Male ±274 125 Female ±123

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