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Housing in Kihei · A buyer's market

A typical Kihei home is worth about $990,000

Down 7.4% in a year, 19% above the Hawaii typical home. Homes typically sell in 164 days, below asking.

Typical home value
$990K
▼ 7.4% in a year · HI $833K
Zillow
Median sale price
$825K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
164
Slower than HI (86)
Sale-to-list
93.4%
Homes sell below asking
Homes sold
17
in May · 264 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$3,130
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,679
HI $2,239

What kind of housing town is Kihei?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Market temperature

A buyer's market

More homes are for sale than are selling — about 16 months of supply. Buyers have room to negotiate.

Buyer’s marketA buyer's marketBuyer’sSeller’s

Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.

15.5
months of supply · HI 7
164
days to sell · HI 86
93.4%
of asking price, at sale
0%
sold above asking
8.7%
under contract within 2 weeks
43
new listings in May

Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.

Price trend

Up 14.7% in five years

About the same pace as Hawaii (16.1%).

KiheiHawaii
$500K$600K$700K$800K$900K$1M$1.1M$1.2M20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryKiheiHawaii
2017$607,000$557,000
2018$639,000$588,000
2019$675,000$608,000
2020$716,000$616,000
2021$789,000$656,000
2022$959,000$761,000
2023$1,120,000$831,000
2024$1,119,000$835,000
2025$1,143,000$846,000
2026$1,034,000$830,000
August 2026$990,000$833,000
Then & now

A typical Kihei home worth $604K in September 2016 is worth about $990K today.

+$386K
−7.3%
past year
+14.7%
past 5 years
+64%
since 2016

How Kihei ranks on rising home prices →

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

The homes

59% of Kihei households own their home

Half of Kihei’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 59%Rent 41%

Hawaii: 63% own.

1988
typical home built · HI 1980
$1,679
median property tax bill · HI $2,239
0.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · HI 0.27%
21%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Affordability

A typical home costs 11.3 years of income

More than across Hawaii (8.3 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$380,000
Typical Kihei home $990K

That’s $611K short of a typical Kihei home.

The typical home, each month
$5,360
Loan $4,900Tax $170Insurance $290

A two-bedroom rents for about $3,130 a month here, $2,230 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Kihei ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Kihei’s typical property tax (0.20% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $3,130

Renters already here pay a median of $2,045, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,260
1 bedroom$2,390
2 bedrooms$3,130
3 bedrooms$4,050
4 bedrooms$5,050
41%
of households rent · HI 37%
3,096
renter households
58%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · HI 57%
43%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$2,045
median rent paid today · Census

How Kihei ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Kihei vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Kihei. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Kihei$990K−7.4%$3,130$87,772
Maalaea—−1.2%†$2,430$72,500
Wailea$1.53M*−4.8%†$3,050$90,000

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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What Kihei buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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