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Nanakuli, 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 Nanakuli, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Nanakuli, in Honolulu County, had 12,195 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $86,597 a year and half less, against $106,195 across Honolulu County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% 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 construction.

People 12,195 in the 2020 census; median age 36.7
Household income $86,597 the median, give or take $8,739 · Honolulu County: $106,195
Unemployment 2.9% Honolulu County, August 2026; 2.2% a year before
Homes 67% lived in by their owners; 33% rented
  • 3,071households
  • 11%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 35 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Building trades15%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities12%
  • Government11%

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 January, 75° and 59°; warmest in August, 83° and 65° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 75° 59° F M A M J J A 83° 65° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 75° and 59°; warmest in August, 83° and 65° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 75° 59° F M A M J J A 83° 65° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 75° and lows near 59°; warmest in August, with highs near 83° and lows near 65°.

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

Largest workplaces in Nanakuli

  1. Taco Bell NanakuliRestaurants, fast food25
  2. Altres Inc.Other nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal22
  3. Pizza Hut NanakuliRestaurants, fast food20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 67 people in all. 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. Inland floodingRelatively high
  4. TsunamisRelatively moderate
  5. LandslidesRelatively moderate

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