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Napili-Honokowai, HI vs San Leandro, CA

Napili-Honokowai

Hawaii

vs

San Leandro

California

Across 35 directional measures we can compare, Napili-Honokowai leads on 19 and San Leandro on 16. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 2% higher in Napili-Honokowai, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,220$2,186
Napili-Honokowai is 2% higher
Median household income
$105,565$101,420
Napili-Honokowai is 4% higher
Median home value
$878,900$844,200
Napili-Honokowai is 4% 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 $75,600 in San Leandro. Money goes further in San Leandro, by about $2,100 a year.
  • A household earning Napili-Honokowai's median of $105,565 would need about $99,500 in San Leandro 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 0.4 points a year in San Leandro.

How these are calculated

CaliforniaHawaiiSan Leandro, CANapili-Honokowai, HINapili-HonokowaiSan LeandroNapili-HonokowaiSan Leandro

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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
02San Leandro, CAComposite 31.4 / 100
9
10565214185118

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-HonokowaiSan LeandroAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,220$2,186
Rent to income125.2%25.9%
Property tax rate10.2%0.7%
Home price to income18.3x8.3x
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$6,133
Median home value1$878,900$844,200
Home prices, 1-year change54.3%-1.9%
Home prices, 5-year change555.4%23.3%
Homeownership153.0%58.1%
Renters paying 30%+157.2%55.6%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,933$3,116
Vacant homes139.6%4.7%
Median year built119791959
Jobs and income
Median household income1$105,565$101,420
Income per person1$67,712$47,074
Unemployment16.3%5.3%
Average annual pay6$64,114$101,979
Pay growth, 1 year63.7%4.0%
Jobs674,407783,094
Poverty rate18.1%8.3%
Mean commute118 min31 min
Works from home16.7%15.8%
Commutes by transit11.4%8.0%
People
Population17,30887,826
Population change since 20207n/a-6.2%
Median age140.341.9
Bachelor's or higher126.9%33.3%
High school or higher193.8%82.2%
Household size12.92.9
Born abroad118.3%38.4%
No health insurance12.9%5.1%
Homes with broadband191.6%93.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year13.7%2.6%
Moved from another state12.1%0.5%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-9.6-14.0
Income of households moving in8$86,403$122,948
Income of households moving out8$77,405$130,902
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k928.425.0
Shops per 10k946.224.4
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k98.64.7
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k920.822.2
Child care centers per 10k92.24.3
Parks per 10k1010.95.6
Playgrounds per 10k105.58.5
Grocery stores per 10k104.12.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1026.011.4
Libraries per 10k100.00.6
Named paths and bike trails100.06.4
Transit stops per sq mi107.341.1
Nearest National Park Service site1123.610.8
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1139
National Register listings12692
Safety
Violent crime per 100k13n/a493
Schools
Public schools143418
Public school students1419,69510,426
Students per teacher1414.021.7
Climate
July average high15n/a83°F
January average low15n/a41°F
Average temperature15n/a60°F
Annual precipitation15n/a19.1 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1693.199.8
Hurricane risk1669.5n/a
Tornado risk165.965.8
Wildfire risk1695.397.7
Heat wave risk160.097.6
Median air quality index1721n/a
Good air days1798.1%n/a

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Napili-Honokowai $88,800, San Leandro $87,440 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. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. 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.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  14. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  15. 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
  16. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  17. 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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