Holualoa is a very small town located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 2,994 people and two associated neighborhoods, Holualoa is the 42nd largest community in Hawaii.
Housing costs in Holualoa 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.
Also of interest is that Holualoa has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 22.75% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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!) Holualoa 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. Holualoa has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Holualoa than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Holualoa may be for you.
Holualoa 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.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Holualoa. 50.94% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Holualoa in 2022 was $39,801, which is middle income relative to Hawaii, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,204 for a family of four. However, Holualoa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Holualoa is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Holualoa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holualoa residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Holualoa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.72% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Holualoa include German, English, Irish, Polish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Holualoa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.