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Anahola, HI

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Overview


Anahola is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 2,243 people and just one neighborhood, Anahola is the 49th largest community in Hawaii.

Housing costs in Anahola are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Hawaii.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Anahola is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Anahola is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Anahola who work in office and administrative support (12.76%), sales jobs (11.14%), and food service (8.89%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Anahola has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Anahola has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Anahola than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Anahola may be for you.

Anahola is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Anahola, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.62 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The citizens of Anahola are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.20% of adults in Anahola have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Anahola in 2018 was $27,411, which is low income relative to Hawaii, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,644 for a family of four. However, Anahola contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Anahola is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Anahola home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Anahola residents report their race to be Native Hawaiian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Anahola include Portuguese, Italian, Irish, English, and German.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Anahola are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 10.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 50.4% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.3%), and 11.0% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Anahola, HI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (7.2%). There are also a number of people of Portuguese ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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