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Napili-Honokowai, HI vs Rodeo, CA

Napili-Honokowai

Hawaii

vs

Rodeo

California

Across 35 directional measures we can compare, Napili-Honokowai leads on 21 and Rodeo on 14. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 1% higher in Napili-Honokowai, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,220$2,190
Napili-Honokowai is 1% higher
Median household income
$105,565$91,484
Napili-Honokowai is 15% higher
Median home value
$878,900$663,200
Napili-Honokowai is 33% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $73,500 a year left in Napili-Honokowai and $65,600 in Rodeo. Money goes further in Napili-Honokowai, by about $7,900 a year.
  • A household earning Napili-Honokowai's median of $105,565 would need about $99,500 in Rodeo to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 2.3 points a year in Napili-Honokowai, and rent outran pay by 5.1 points a year in Rodeo.

How these are calculated

CaliforniaHawaiiRodeo, CANapili-Honokowai, HINapili-HonokowaiRodeoNapili-HonokowaiRodeo

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Your weights

Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Napili-Honokowai, HIComposite 43.7 / 100
33
115039n/a9151n/a
02Rodeo, CAComposite 27.1 / 100
5
73349n/a348n/a

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureNapili-HonokowaiRodeoAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,220$2,190
Rent to income125.2%28.7%
Property tax rate10.2%0.8%
Home price to income18.3x7.3x
Prices vs US average2109.4115.6
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,656$2,805
HUD area median income4$121,400$162,800
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$1,943$5,270
Median home value1$878,900$663,200
Home prices, 1-year change54.3%-0.0%
Home prices, 5-year change555.4%30.5%
Homeownership153.0%59.0%
Renters paying 30%+157.2%49.1%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,933$2,662
Vacant homes139.6%3.5%
Median year built119791972
Jobs and income
Median household income1$105,565$91,484
Income per person1$67,712$40,954
Unemployment16.3%10.9%
Average annual pay6$64,114$87,200
Pay growth, 1 year63.7%1.1%
Jobs674,407374,448
Poverty rate18.1%8.4%
Mean commute118 min38 min
Works from home16.7%13.2%
Commutes by transit11.4%5.4%
People
Population17,3088,976
Median age140.341.8
Bachelor's or higher126.9%31.6%
High school or higher193.8%83.6%
Household size12.93.0
Born abroad118.3%22.6%
No health insurance12.9%4.8%
Homes with broadband191.6%97.0%
Moving
Moved here in the past year13.7%5.0%
Moved from another state12.1%0.9%
Net movers per 1,000 people7-9.6-5.4
Income of households moving in7$86,403$133,160
Income of households moving out7$77,405$131,341
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k828.418.8
Shops per 10k846.220.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k88.64.0
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k820.821.3
Child care centers per 10k82.23.3
Parks per 10k910.96.7
Playgrounds per 10k95.52.2
Grocery stores per 10k94.12.2
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k926.02.2
Libraries per 10k90.01.1
Named paths and bike trails90.00.5
Transit stops per sq mi97.312.3
Nearest National Park Service site1023.67.2
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1039
National Register listings116951
Founded or incorporated12n/a1890
Schools
Public schools13341
Public school students1319,695534
Students per teacher1314.020.5
Climate
July average high14n/a86°F
January average low14n/a40°F
Average temperature14n/a60°F
Annual precipitation14n/a19.3 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1593.199.5
Hurricane risk1569.5n/a
Tornado risk155.949.9
Wildfire risk1595.397.6
Heat wave risk150.098.3
Median air quality index1621n/a
Good air days1698.1%n/a

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Napili-Honokowai $88,800, Rodeo $87,600 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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