Ranked · Buying a home · Hawaii

Best cities for buying a home in Hawaii

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Ewa Gentry, HI27k residents

   56/100

   median home price: $816,000 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: —

2. 2.Hilo, HI50k residents

   55/100

   median home price: $483,000 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: +3.5%

3. 3.Kailua CDP (Hawaii County), HI22k residents

   55/100

   median home price: $667,400 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: —

4. 4.Kapolei, HI22k residents

   54/100

   median home price: $744,200 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: +0.5%

5. 5.Ocean Pointe, HI17k residents

   53/100

   median home price: $900,200 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: —

6. 6.Makakilo, HI21k residents

   52/100

   median home price: $867,200 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: —

7. 7.Mililani Town, HI28k residents

   51/100

   median home price: $923,900 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: —

8. 8.Kihei, HI22k residents

   51/100

   median home price: $919,900 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: -9.5%

9. 9.Kahului, HI28k residents

   50/100

   median home price: $862,600 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: -3.8%

10. 10.Mililani Mauka, HI21k residents

    50/100

    median home price: $988,100 · property tax rate: 0.3% · home price yoy: —

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.