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Pupukea, 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 Pupukea, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Pupukea, in Honolulu County, had 5,130 people in the 2020 census. 61% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 39% 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 5,130 in the 2020 census; median age 40.5
Household income Too few homes in Pupukea for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 2.9% Honolulu County, August 2026; 2.2% a year before
Homes 61% lived in by their owners; 39% rented
  • 1,585households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 37 mintypical commute
  • 22%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment17%
  • Professional and business services15%
  • Building trades11%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

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, 78° and 62°; warmest in August, 86° and 70° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 78° 62° F M A M J J A 86° 70° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 78° and 62°; warmest in August, 86° and 70° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 78° 62° F M A M J J A 86° 70° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 78° and lows near 62°; warmest in August, with highs near 86° and lows near 70°. About 52 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waimea Valley weather station, a mile 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; Pupukea has two 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. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  2. Wildfirerelatively high in parts of PupukeaRelatively moderate
  3. TsunamisRelatively moderate
  4. Lightningrelatively high in parts of PupukeaRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

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