Makaweli, HI · standard
ZIP Code 96769
Kauai County, Hawaii - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 464
- 2/sq mi
- $46,250
- Median income
- 6.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Makaweli pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country, in a rural, renter-heavy area.
- 10th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 0%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 96769 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 96769 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Makaweli, Kauai County, Hawaii, home to just 464 residents across 193.3 square miles, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Pacific/Honolulu time zone.
ZIP 96769 reports a modest median household income of $46,250 (50% below the average Hawaii ZIP), while per-capita income is $17,831. The poverty rate is 20.2%, so the area-level income figures should not be treated as typical household experience. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 6.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 28.8, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Hawaii and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 96769.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 96769, Makaweli, HI · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
464
Population
193.3
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Pacific/Honolulu
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 96769?
28.8
Median Age
47.6%
Male
52.4%
Female
4.8%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$46,250
Median Household Income
-50% vs state ZIP avg
$17,831
Per Capita Income
20.2%
Poverty Rate
6.1%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
122housing units
122
Total Housing Units
86
Occupied Units
36
Vacant Units
3.40
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$975
Median Rent
1938
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 3 business establishments in ZIP 96769, employing approximately 111 people with a combined annual payroll of $7,426,000.
3
Businesses
111
Employees
$7.4M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 96769, both outside HI so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.