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96778

14,885 Population
269.1 square miles 55.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,140 ±$2,132 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: $30,542 ±$899
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hawaii: $35,567 ±$288
$39,418 ±$4,979 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: $62,409 ±$2,061
  • about half the amount in Hawaii: $81,275 ±$780

24.8% ±5.6% (3,672  ±884) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 15.6% 30,632 (±1.1% / ±2,123)
  • more than double the rate in Hawaii: 9.4% 130,649 (±0.3% / ±4,079)

32.1 minutes ±5.9 (135,750  ±17,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 26.1 2,083,860 (±0.6 / ±65,335)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 27.5 18,436,145 (±0.2 / ±165,372)

Families

5,796 ±298 Number of households
  • the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 69,453 ±943
  • Hawaii: 459,424 ±2,081
2.6 ±0.2 (14,866  ±1,164) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 2.8 196,122 (±0 / ±425)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 3 1,378,496 (±0)

4.5% ±2.5% (139  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 5.3% † 2,214 (±0.9% / ±379)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 6.1% 19,547 (±0.3% / ±1,016)

Housing

7,065 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 87,824 ±197
  • Hawaii: 542,674 ±250

$186,900 ±$16,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: $350,000 ±$7,278
  • about one-third of the amount in Hawaii: $615,300 ±$3,662

17.1% ±4.3% (2,512  ±655.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 12.1% 23,884 (±0.9% / ±1,856.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 13.4% 188,550 (±0.4% / ±5,248)

Social

90.2% ±3.6% (9,765  ±744.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 92.3% 130,791 (±1.7% / ±2,450.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 92% 913,284 (±0.6% / ±6,103.9)
23.9% ±3% (2,592  ±369.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 29.4% 41,656 (±1% / ±1,384.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 33% 327,466 (±0.4% / ±3,562.9)

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

9.9% ±2.4% (1,470  ±381) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 12.7% 25,286 (±1% / ±1,907)
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 18.5% 262,439 (±0.3% / ±4,172)

12% ±2.3% (1,407  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hilo, HI Micro Area: 9.5% 14,882 (±0.6% / ±941)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hawaii: 9.5% 101,975 (±0.2% / ±1,932)
1,407 Total veterans ±290 1,279 Male ±273 128 Female ±96

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