Cost of living in Hawaii County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,081 a month.
That HUD number covers Hawaii County, Hawaii, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,605
- 1 bed
- $1,615
- 2 bed
- $2,081
- 3 bed
- $2,620
- 4 bed
- $2,910
This county is outside a metro area with its own price index. The Hawaii state index is 110.0 (U.S. = 100, BEA 2024).
SNAP income limit in Hawaii · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Hilo · 50,404 people
- Kailua · 21,818 people
- Hawaiian Paradise Park · 13,203 people
- Kaiminani · 11,465 people
- Waimea · 9,286 people
- Waikoloa Village · 7,543 people
- Kahaluu-Keauhou · 5,150 people
- Hawaiian Ocean View · 4,431 people
- Ainaloa · 4,094 people
- Hawaiian Beaches · 3,947 people
- Hawaiian Acres · 3,872 people
- Mountain View · 3,756 people
- Holualoa · 3,434 people
- Captain Cook · 3,419 people
- Kurtistown · 3,151 people
- Orchidlands Estates · 3,027 people
- Honaunau-Napoopoo · 2,629 people
- Kapaau · 2,224 people
- Hawi · 2,070 people
- Pepeekeo · 2,056 people
- Honokaa · 1,963 people
- Kealakekua · 1,919 people
- Pahala · 1,768 people
- Nanawale Estates · 1,692 people
- Leilani Estates · 1,490 people
- Fern Acres · 1,480 people
- Keaau · 1,436 people
- Kaloko · 1,432 people
- Pahoa · 1,361 people
- Papaikou · 1,332 people
- Eden Roc · 1,166 people