What is the population of Ainaloa CDP?

Ainaloa CDP has 3,493 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 163 in Hawaii.

What is the median household income in Ainaloa CDP?

Median household income in Ainaloa CDP is $51,757 a year, 34.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ainaloa CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,364 a month and the median home value is $222,300, so rent absorbs about 31.6% of median household income.

Is Ainaloa CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ainaloa CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 31.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ainaloa, HI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ainaloa, Hawaii (Ainaloa, HI — Census place “Ainaloa CDP”) is 3,493 residents, ranking #73 of 163 places in Hawaii. Median household income is $51,757, the median home is worth $222,300 and median gross rent runs $1,364 a month. Looking for the Ainaloa Hawaii ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ainaloa, HI: 96778.

Population: 3,493Ainaloa CDP residents
Median household income: $51,757Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $222,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,364Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 84%Owner-occupied households

Ainaloa ZIP codes (Hawaii)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ainaloa.

The Ainaloa HI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

96778

What the numbers mean in Ainaloa CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ainaloa CDP median would spend about 31.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.6% of residents and 84% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ainaloa CDP, HI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ainaloa CDP is a small town in Hawaii, with 3,493 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #73 of 163 ranked by population — larger than 55% of them. The median age here is 41.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Ainaloa CDP earn a median of $51,757 a year, 34.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% below the $92,062 median for the 124 Hawaii cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 23.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ainaloa CDP is valued at $222,300, 26.7% below the national figure and 71% below the $768,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,364 a month, 3% below the national figure, or roughly $16,368 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 31.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 84% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ainaloa CDP?: Ainaloa CDP has 3,493 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 163 in Hawaii.
What is the median household income in Ainaloa CDP?: Median household income in Ainaloa CDP is $51,757 a year, 34.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ainaloa CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,364 a month and the median home value is $222,300, so rent absorbs about 31.6% of median household income.
Is Ainaloa CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ainaloa CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 31.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ainaloa CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.