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Cost of living in Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii

Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii has about 4,505 people. Typical rent is $1,275 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $127,450 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $1,275 a month.

Waimanalo Beach is a Census community, not a separate city government in Hawaii. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $127,450 a year.

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People
4,505
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,275
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$127,450
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$852,300
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,542
Urban Honolulu, HI MSA

Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii has about 4,505 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $852,300.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Honolulu County is $2,542 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Waimanalo Beach. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area, prices sit at 111.0 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Hawaii taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 4.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Waimanalo Beach's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Hawaii home paid 48.00¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Waimanalo Beach's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Hawaii in the table we use.

Among 118 places we list in Hawaii with a rent figure, 105 have higher typical rent than Waimanalo Beach.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.