Zip lookup · HI

96728
Honomu, Hawaii.

Honomu, Hawaii County, HI · Hilo, HI metro · population 376

What it costs per month · 96728 $2,692/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,390 (+107%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $18,714 +4%
$494,225$512,939 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $52,303 +11%
$460,636$512,939 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 96728 $2,692 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 96728$2,692
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.

Typical home values in zip 96728 rose 3.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Honomu, HI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $512,939 as of Sep 2026
+3.8%year on year

Typical home value — 96728

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 96728 $512,939 Hilo $574,746 United States $366,157
$300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 96728$512,939
  • Hilo$574,746
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.1 96783 Pepeekeo 2,251 — $571,220
5.2 96781 Papaikou 2,073 — $538,831
5.5 96710 Hakalau 162 — $961,242
9.4 96780 Papaaloa 400 — $841,474
10.7 96764 Laupahoehoe 516 — $645,135
14.2 96720 Hilo 52,979 $2,129 $555,990
19.2 96776 Paauilo 1,355 — $555,116
19.2 96749 Keaau 19,132 $2,500 $475,522

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.