Kaneohe is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 34,976 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Kaneohe is the fourth largest community in Hawaii.

Unlike some towns, Kaneohe isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kaneohe are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kaneohe is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kaneohe who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.29%), sales jobs (9.56%), and management occupations (9.38%).

In addition, Kaneohe is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One of the nice things about Kaneohe is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Kaneohe is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Kaneohe Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Kaneohe is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.49% of adults in Kaneohe have a college degree.

The per capita income in Kaneohe in 2000 was $23,476, which is upper middle income relative to Hawaii and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,904 for a family of four. However, Kaneohe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kaneohe is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kaneohe home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kaneohe is Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Kaneohe include German, Portuguese, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Kaneohe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese and Other Pacific Island languages.