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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates median real estate price is $375,495, which is less expensive than 96.2% of Hawaii neighborhoods and 49.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates is currently $2,402, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 87.1% of Hawaii neighborhoods.

Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Pahoa, Hawaii. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet).

Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and townhomes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

Vacant apartments or homes are a major fact of life in Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates. The current real estate vacancy rate here is 17.3%. This is higher than the rate of vacancies in 83.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This can sometimes be the case in neighborhoods dominated by new construction that is not yet occupied. But often neighborhoods with vacancy rates this high are places that can be plagued by a protracted vacancy problem. If you live here, you may find that a number of buildings in your neighborhood are actually empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Pahoa, the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.

People

The Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (55.9%) than found in 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

Diversity

Did you know that the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood has more Austrian and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 9.9% have Portuguese ancestry.

Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood in Pahoa are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 55.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood, 33.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.7%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood is English, spoken by 78.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood in Pahoa, HI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (12.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Portuguese roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (9.7%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (9.2%), among others. In addition, 12.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Hawaiian Beaches / Nanawale Estates neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (83.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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