What is the population of Pahala CDP?

Pahala CDP has 1,785 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #102 of 163 in Hawaii.

What is the median household income in Pahala CDP?

Median household income in Pahala CDP is $71,908 a year, 8.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $650 a month and the median home value is $216,600, so rent absorbs about 10.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pahala CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Pahala, HI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Pahala, Hawaii (Pahala, HI — Census place “Pahala CDP”) is 1,785 residents, ranking #102 of 163 places in Hawaii. Median household income is $71,908, the median home is worth $216,600 and median gross rent runs $650 a month. Looking for the Pahala Hawaii ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pahala, HI: 96777.

Population: 1,785Pahala CDP residents
Median household income: $71,908Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $216,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $650Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.5%Owner-occupied households

Pahala ZIP codes (Hawaii)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pahala.

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

96777

What the numbers mean in Pahala CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Pahala CDP median would spend about 10.8% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 82.5% of households own their home.

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

Pahala CDP, HI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Pahala CDP is a small town in Hawaii, with 1,785 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #102 of 163 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 30.7 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 Pahala CDP earn a median of $71,908 a year, 8.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% 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 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Pahala CDP is valued at $216,600, 28.6% below the national figure and 72% below the $768,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $650 a month, 53.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,800 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 10.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 82.5% 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 Pahala CDP?: Pahala CDP has 1,785 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #102 of 163 in Hawaii.
What is the median household income in Pahala CDP?: Median household income in Pahala CDP is $71,908 a year, 8.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pahala CDP?: Median gross rent is $650 a month and the median home value is $216,600, so rent absorbs about 10.8% of median household income.
Is Pahala CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pahala CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Pahala 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.