Zip lookup · HI

96743
Waimea, Hawaii.

Waimea, Hawaii County, HI · Hilo, HI metro · population 12,422

What it costs per month · 96743 $6,669/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,814 (+134%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $37,205 +3%
$1,233,425$1,270,630 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $247,323 +24%
$1,023,307$1,270,630 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.

$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 96743 $6,669 United States $1,922
$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 96743$6,669
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 96743 rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $3,500 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $1,270,630 as of Sep 2026
+3.0%year on year

Asking rent — 96743

Against the Hilo, HI metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 96743

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 96743 $1,270,630 Hilo $574,746 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 96743$1,270,630
  • Hilo$574,746
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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