About Hickam Housing

Hickam Housing is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 5,518 people and just one neighborhood, Hickam Housing is the 36th largest community in Hawaii.

Hickam Housing is a military town: the armed forces employs 42.16% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Healthcare are prominent in the local economy and are the town's largest civilian employers, employing 25.43% and 17.29% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Hickam Housing, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Hickam Housing provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

In addition, Hickam Housing is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Hickam Housing are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One of the benefits of Hickam Housing is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.68 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Hickam Housing is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hickam Housing Information and Demographics

The education level of Hickam Housing citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 36.01% of adults in Hickam Housing have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hickam Housing in 2000 was $15,039, which is lower middle income relative to Hawaii and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,156 for a family of four.

Hickam Housing is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hickam Housing home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hickam Housing is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hickam Housing include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Hickam Housing is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.