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Makaweli, HI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Makaweli, HI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 464. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MAKAWELI-HI · Makaweli, HI 1 ZIPs · 464 pop · #22825/25278 · Kauai County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-MID $46,250
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22825/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Kapaa
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 0% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 464
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Kapaa, HI (+ $42,552 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Makaweli

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Makaweli on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Makaweli, HI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

10th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
464
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$46,250
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($46,250 average) · poverty 20.2%. The primary code (96769) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (0.0%) for this income tier, rent $975 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Hawaii, Ocean View is the closest lower-income city and Naalehu the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Makaweli.

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ZIP Codes in Makaweli, HI

These ZIP codes sit in Kauai County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Makaweli. See the Kauai County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Kauai County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Makaweli, Kapaa, Lihue and Kalaheo among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hanalei marks the far end of that range at $132,448, 186% above Makaweli.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
96769 464 2 Pacific/Honolulu

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Makaweli, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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