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Kekaha, Hawaii.

A community in Kauai County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Kauai County’s.

Living in Kekaha, Kauai County, Hawaii

Kekaha, in Kauai County, had 3,715 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Kauai County was 2.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 3,715 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Kekaha for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.5% Kauai County, August 2026; 2.0% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Kekaha for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,057households
  • 16%of adults have a degree
  • 19%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 2%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Professional and business services17%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities12%
  • Building trades11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Government10%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kauai County had 33,298 jobs in 2025, 1.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 80° and 62°; warmest in August, 87° and 70° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 80° 62° F M A M J J A 87° 70° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 80° and 62°; warmest in August, 87° and 70° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 80° 62° F M A M J J A 87° 70° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 80° and lows near 62°; warmest in August, with highs near 87° and lows near 70°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waimea weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Kauai County

  1. Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and SpaKauai783
  2. Royal Sonesta Kaua`i Resort531
  3. 1 Hotel Hanalei BayHotels507
  4. Wilcox Memorial HosptialGeneral hospital443FTE
  5. TargetDiscount department stores276
  6. WalmartDiscount department stores267
  7. Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer265
  8. Koloa Landing ResortHotels, resort, without casinos246

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 76 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,249 people in all across the county; Kekaha has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  4. TsunamisRelatively moderate
  5. WildfireRelatively moderate
  6. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kekaha’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kauai County.