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13,203people live here $88,348median household incomeNear US average $1,310median rent per monthNear US average $457,100median home value▲ 37% above US

Hawaiian Paradise Park is an unincorporated community in Hawaii County, HI. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Hawaiian Paradise Park

Hawaiian Paradise Park is an unincorporated community in Hawaii with county unemployment below the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Hawaiian Paradise Park deals with home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, very rainy, and fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city.

The good

Low unemployment in the county
Clean air

The not so good

High home prices
Above-average commute times
Very rainy — 151" of rain per year
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options

How Hawaiian Paradise Park compares

Median household income

Hawaiian Paradise Park$88,348

Hawaii avg$100,389

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Hawaiian Paradise Park$1,310

Hawaii avg$1,971

US$1,413

Median home value

Hawaiian Paradise Park$457,100

Hawaii avg$839,100

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Hawaiian Paradise Park

Based on Hawaiian Paradise Park's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,620

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $52,400 a year
44% of Hawaiian Paradise Park renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$91,420

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $45,710
Homes cost 5.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,310/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,310 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices run above average, with a median around $457,100. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $457,100 · 44% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

2.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Hawaii County is 2.7%, well below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Hawaii County (county-wide)

Safety

287 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Hawaiian Paradise Park doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Hawaii Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1924/100k · Policed by Hawaii Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 27% above US

33 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 33.1 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 17% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Work from home

17%

Carpool

7.4%

Other

7.2%

Walk

0.4%

Climate

Summers are comfortable, with highs around 79°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 61°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 28% below US

26% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 26%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

0 public schools inside the boundary

No public school is located inside the boundary; students attend schools in the surrounding district. There is 1 private school inside it.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (37 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Hawaiian Paradise Park's strongest points are county unemployment below the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and commute times longer than most cities. A year of median rent ($1,310/mo) equals 18% of the median household income here, less than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit job seekers (county-wide unemployment is low) and remote workers (17% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes.

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