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Urban Honolulu vs East Honolulu

Urban Honolulu, HI compared with East Honolulu, HI · 9 miles apart

Urban Honolulu has 341,868 residents to East Honolulu’s 51,360. Urban Honolulu comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. East Honolulu does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Urban Honolulu, HI East Honolulu, HI
Population 341,868 51,360
Density (per sq mi) 5,639 2,232
Median household income $86,504 $159,518
Median home value $843,400 $1,212,000
Median rent $1,823 $3,313
Homeownership 48.9% 84.5%
Average commute 21.9 min 30.9 min
Median age 43 49.1
Bachelor's degree + 41.5% 59.9%
Poverty rate 11.9% 5.3%
Unemployment 4.8% 4.5%
Price to income 9.7× 7.6×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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