
Hawaii · Census place 13970
Helemano, HI population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Helemano, Hawaii (Helemano, HI — Census place “Helemano CDP”) is 3,206 residents, ranking #78 of 163 places in Hawaii. Median household income is $82,659, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $3,037 a month. Looking for the Helemano Hawaii ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Helemano, HI: 96786.
- Population
- 3,206Helemano CDP residents
- Median household income
- $82,659Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $3,037Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 23 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 0%Owner-occupied households
Helemano ZIP codes (Hawaii)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Helemano.
The Helemano HI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Helemano CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Helemano CDP median would spend about 44.1% 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. Poverty affects 7.2% of residents and 0% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Helemano CDP, HI in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Helemano CDP is a small town in Hawaii, with 3,206 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #78 of 163 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 23 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Helemano CDP earn a median of $82,659 a year, 5.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 10% 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 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Helemano CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $3,037 a month, 116% above the national figure, or roughly $36,444 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 44.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is severely stretched — a median-income renter clears the cost-burden line by a wide margin before utilities beyond the gross-rent definition. 0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 23 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld home value for Helemano CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Hawaii.
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- Anahola CDP 3,098
- Hauula CDP 3,473
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- Kekaha CDP 3,482
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Helemano CDP?
- Helemano CDP has 3,206 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #78 of 163 in Hawaii.
- What is the median household income in Helemano CDP?
- Median household income in Helemano CDP is $82,659 a year, 5.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Helemano CDP?
- Median gross rent is $3,037 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 44.1% of median household income.
- Is Helemano CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Helemano CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Helemano 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.