Honolulu County, Hawaii

1,001,146 people. The median home is worth $897,500 (typical Hawaii town: $802,600) and the median household earns $106,195.

Towns in Honolulu County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Urban Honolulu	350,964	$843,400	$86,504	43.0
East Honolulu	50,922	$1,212,000	$159,518	49.1
Pearl City	45,295	$901,500	$118,112	45.8
Waipahu	43,485	$868,600	$103,895	40.2
Kailua	40,514	$1,353,700	$148,582	42.9
Kaneohe	37,430	$1,029,700	$125,613	44.4
Mililani Town	28,121	$923,900	$127,363	45.5
Ewa Gentry	25,707	$816,000	$135,684	35.7
Kapolei	21,411	$744,200	$128,324	35.3
Mililani Mauka	21,075	$988,100	$138,942	38.7
Makakilo	19,877	$867,200	$118,550	36.6
Wahiawa	18,658	$806,200	$87,143	38.8
Ewa Beach	16,415	$748,800	$124,323	40.6
Halawa	15,016	$1,051,900	$110,400	45.7
Ocean Pointe	14,965	$900,200	$149,767	32.6
Schofield Barracks	14,904	—	$80,388	22.7
Royal Kunia	14,896	$862,400	$135,361	42.9
Waimalu	13,817	$597,800	$89,232	43.9
Waianae	13,614	$518,300	$81,733	37.7
Nanakuli	12,195	$488,600	$86,597	36.7
Waipio	12,082	$749,500	$109,877	45.9
Maili	11,535	$640,600	$111,542	31.5
Aiea	10,408	$1,065,700	$140,308	45.0
Makaha	9,916	$394,000	$64,970	37.9
Kaneohe Base	9,483	$352,000	$69,418	22.6
Ahuimanu	8,969	$910,600	$135,438	40.2
Ewa Villages	7,825	$867,600	$88,813	34.1
Hickam Housing	7,581	—	$121,667	24.2
Waikele	7,509	$704,700	$120,525	44.4
Waimanalo	6,057	$799,200	$116,581	35.2
Laie	5,963	$940,800	$125,202	23.3
Waipio Acres	5,531	$753,900	$94,861	40.4
West Loch Estate	5,523	$855,100	$122,422	36.1
East Kapolei	5,299	$697,300	$118,904	28.2
Kahaluu	5,241	$1,213,400	$142,045	44.6
Pupukea	5,130	$1,436,000	$100,368	40.5
Heeia	5,001	$1,200,200	$176,250	44.3
Haleiwa	4,941	$1,091,700	$97,780	45.0
Whitmore Village	4,887	$829,900	$104,900	45.8
Waimanalo Beach	4,823	$852,300	$127,450	46.5
Iroquois Point	4,549	—	$109,561	28.6
Waialua	4,062	$997,200	$88,269	49.0
Hauula	4,018	$897,900	$115,865	33.1
Kahuku	2,852	$910,000	$75,066	27.3
Helemano	2,549	—	$83,197	23.2

People and housing

	Honolulu County	Typical Hawaii town
Median home value	$897,500	$802,600
Median rent	$2,083	$1,931
Median household income	$106,195	$95,243
Median age	39.8	42.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	30.4%
Below the poverty line	9.2%	10.1%

Jobs and pay

453,193 jobs in 2024, average pay $69,851 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 2,733 storm events in Honolulu County from 1996 to 2026, with 14 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Honolulu County has been included in 25 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
October 7, 2026	Hurricane	DR-4951: Hurricane Lala
September 25, 2026	Tropical Storm	EM-3654: Tropical Storm Nolo
April 7, 2026	Flood	DR-4909: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
August 19, 2025	Fire	FM-5609: Kunia Road Fire
February 15, 2022	Severe Storm	DR-4639: Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
July 25, 2020	Hurricane	EM-3529: Hurricane Douglas

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).