Ranked · Open a storefront · Hawaii

Best cities to open a storefront in Hawaii

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Open a storefront” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median household income, businesses per 1k residents, avg. weekly wage, crime index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Hilo, HI50k residents

   53/100

   median household income: $81,779 · avg. weekly wage: $1,188/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

2. 2.Kapolei, HI22k residents

   49/100

   median household income: $128,324 · avg. weekly wage: $1,406/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

3. 3.East Honolulu, HI51k residents

   48/100

   median household income: $159,518 · avg. weekly wage: $1,358/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

4. 4.Kaneohe, HI37k residents

   47/100

   median household income: $125,613 · avg. weekly wage: $1,406/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

5. 5.Ocean Pointe, HI17k residents

   47/100

   median household income: $149,767 · avg. weekly wage: $1,358/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

6. 6.Ewa Gentry, HI27k residents

   46/100

   median household income: $135,684 · avg. weekly wage: $1,358/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

7. 7.Pearl City, HI45k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $118,112 · avg. weekly wage: $1,406/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

8. 8.Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI40k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $148,582 · avg. weekly wage: $1,358/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

9. 9.Mililani Mauka, HI21k residents

   45/100

   median household income: $138,942 · avg. weekly wage: $1,358/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

10. 10.Honolulu, HI345k residents

    43/100

    median household income: $85,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,406/wk · sales tax: 4.5%

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.