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Hilo, HI

48,223 Population
53.6 square miles 899.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 44.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Hawaii: 40.6 ±0.2

Economics

$39,868 ±$2,498 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $38,406 ±$1,144
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $44,823 ±$440
$78,713 ±$5,090 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $77,215 ±$2,280
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hawaii: $98,317 ±$980

14.1% ±2% (6,603  ±992) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 14.6% 29,257 (±1.1% / ±2,204)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hawaii: 10% 140,461 (±0.3% / ±4,792)

20.1 minutes ±1.5 (392,185  ±40,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 27.7 2,134,370 (±0.9 / ±86,435)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hawaii: 26.4 16,792,764 (±0.2 / ±157,533)

Families

17,126 ±703 Number of households
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 72,958 ±1,042
  • Hawaii: 488,991 ±1,924
2.7 ±0.1 (46,984  ±2,286) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 2.8 201,166 (±0 / ±68)
  • a little less than the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,406,017

3.6% ±1.2% (380  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 6% † 2,532 (±1.3% / ±538)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hawaii: 5.9% 18,480 (±0.3% / ±1,076)

Housing

18,905 ±655 Number of housing units
  • the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 89,786 ±75
  • Hawaii: 564,905 ±196

$455,100 ±$12,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: $486,400 ±$9,191
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hawaii: $808,200 ±$6,690

10.6% ±1.8% (5,061  ±907.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 10.7% 21,577 (±0.9% / ±1,860.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hawaii: 12.6% 179,409 (±0.4% / ±5,011.2)

Social

94.7% ±1.5% (32,461  ±1,403.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 93.1% 137,574 (±1.9% / ±2,843.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 92.9% 954,401 (±0.7% / ±6,796)
34% ±2.1% (11,669  ±853) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 30.9% 45,673 (±1.1% / ±1,655.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Hawaii: 35.5% 364,398 (±0.4% / ±4,265.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.9% ±1.8% (4,764  ±903) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 12.5% 25,452
  • about half the rate in Hawaii: 18.1% 261,130

8.3% ±0.8% (3,171  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hilo-Kailua, HI Micro Area: 7.9% 12,736 (±0.5% / ±793)
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 8.1% 89,042 (±0.2% / ±2,092)
3,171 Total veterans ±341 2,948 Male ±328 223 Female ±100

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