Zip lookup · HI

96755
Kapaau, Hawaii.

Kapaau, Hawaii County, HI · Hilo, HI metro · population 3,677

What it costs per month · 96755 $3,425/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,829 (+115%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,455 +0%
$650,120$652,575 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $110,097 +20%
$542,478$652,575 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 $4,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 96755 $3,425 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 96755$3,425
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.

Typical home values in zip 96755 rose 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $652,575 as of Sep 2026
+0.4%year on year

Typical home value — 96755

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 96755 $652,575 Hilo $574,746 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 96755$652,575
  • 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.