Naalehu, HI population, income and ZIP codes

Naalehu CDP is a very small community in Hawaii, with 837 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #134 of 163 ranked by population — larger than 17% of them. The median age here is 30.2 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 Naalehu CDP earn a median of $70,469 a year, 10.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $92,062 median for the 124 Hawaii cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Naalehu CDP is valued at $215,600, 28.9% below the national figure and 72% below the $768,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,551 a month, 10.3% above the national figure, or roughly $18,612 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 837 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Naalehu CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

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.