Housing · Kaaawa

Kaaawa, HI housing market

The typical Kaaawa home is worth about $1,054,000, up 6% in a year, 26% above the Hawaii typical home.

Home values, sales, trends and how Kaaawa compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.

The market right now

Kaaawa at a glance

Typical home value
$1.05M
▲ 6% in a year · Zillow
Median sale price
$470K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
3
in May · 4 for sale

Only 3 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value above is the steadier guide.

Ten-year trend

Typical home value, 2016–2026

KaaawaHawaii
$500K$600K$700K$800K$900K$1M$1.1M 20182020202220242026 Kaaawa $1.05M Hawaii $833K
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JanuaryKaaawaHawaii
2017$622,000$557,000
2018$671,000$588,000
2019$708,000$608,000
2020$696,000$616,000
2021$736,000$656,000
2022$897,000$761,000
2023$963,000$831,000
2024$967,000$835,000
2025$988,000$846,000
2026$1,046,000$830,000
August 2026$1,054,000$833,000
Affordability

8 years of income

The typical Kaaawa home costs about 8 years of the town's median household income, less than across Hawaii (8.3 years).

Home value ÷ ACS median household income.

The homes

Owners, rent & taxes

Homeownership
69.1%
Hawaii: 63%
Median tax bill
$2,242
Hawaii: $2,239
Median rent
$2,043
Hawaii: $1,971
Typical home built
1977
Hawaii: 1980

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,240

HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Kaaawa is $2,240 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Kaaawa pay a median of $2,043. A two-bedroom takes about 20% of the town's median household income.

1 bedroom
$1,710
a month, with utilities
2 bedrooms
$2,240
a month, with utilities
3 bedrooms
$3,120
a month, with utilities
Share of income
20%
2 bedrooms ÷ median income

Studio $1,590 · 4 bedrooms $3,760

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (96730; Urban Honolulu, HI MSA), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.

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