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Makaha, Hawaii.

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

Living in Makaha, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Makaha, in Honolulu County, had 9,916 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $64,970 a year and half less, against $106,195 across Honolulu County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 46% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 54% are rented. Unemployment in Honolulu County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 9,916 in the 2020 census; median age 37.9
Household income $64,970 the median, give or take $8,321 · Honolulu County: $106,195
Unemployment 2.9% Honolulu County, August 2026; 2.2% a year before
Homes 46% lived in by their owners; 54% rented
  • 3,256households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 25%below the poverty line
  • 47 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Building trades8%
  • Government8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Honolulu County had 455,202 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in February, 78° and 64°; warmest in August, 86° and 70° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F 78° 64° M A M J J A 86° 70° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in February, 78° and 64°; warmest in August, 86° and 70° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J F 78° 64° M A M J J A 86° 70° S O N D

Coldest in February, with highs near 78° and lows near 64°; warmest in August, with highs near 86° and lows near 70°. About 22 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

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

Largest workplaces in Honolulu County

  1. Hawaii Department of Education SchoolsSchool district23,107FTE
  2. HNL HonolululScheduled passenger air transportation9,793
  3. Alaska Air Group HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC.-HONOLULUScheduled passenger air transportation5,657
  4. THE Queens Medical CenterGeneral hospital4,836FTE
  5. University of Hawaii at ManoaUniversity or college4,276
  6. Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.Hotels1,859
  7. Aulani, A Disney Resort & SpaResort hotels without casinos1,657
  8. Straub Clinic & HospitalGeneral hospital1,558FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 644 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 95,947 people in all across the county; Makaha has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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. WildfireRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TsunamisRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Makaha’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Honolulu County.