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Kilauea, HI

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Overview


Kilauea 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 3,014 people and just one neighborhood, Kilauea is the 41st largest community in Hawaii.

Kilauea home prices are not only among the most expensive in Hawaii, but Kilauea real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Kilauea is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kilauea is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kilauea who work in food service (19.39%), maintenance occupations (13.65%), and management occupations (13.15%).

A relatively large number of people in Kilauea telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.68% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

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!) Kilauea 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. Kilauea has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kilauea than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kilauea may be for you.

Kilauea 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.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Kilauea who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.26% of adults in Kilauea have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Kilauea in 2018 was $34,161, 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 $136,644 for a family of four. However, Kilauea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Kilauea's cultural character, accounting for 16.42% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Kilauea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Kilauea, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.5% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Significantly, 2.1% 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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Kilauea are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 45.6% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.2%), and 7.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region), Spanish and Japanese.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Kilauea, HI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (20.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.6%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.5%), among others. In addition, 15.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

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 (38.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.9%) 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 (8.4%) . 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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