Kapalama South median real estate price is $1,320,516, which is more expensive than 74.1% of the neighborhoods in Hawaii and 94.9% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Kapalama South is currently $769, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.9% of Hawaii neighborhoods.
Kapalama South is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kapalama South real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the Kapalama South neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Real estate vacancies in Kapalama South are 5.4%, which is lower than one will find in 62.8% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Kapalama South is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In the Kapalama South neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 40.3% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, would you like to be able to ride your bike to work? If you are attracted to the idea of getting a little exercise of the two-wheeled type while reducing your carbon footprint, bicycling to work might be the answer. But which neighborhood you live in can make this either impossible, or alternatively, a great and realistic option. NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that the Kapalama South neighborhood is a fantastic option for bicycle commuters, as 5.9% of commuters here do ride their bikes to and from work on a daily basis. This is a higher amount than we found in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Finally, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Kapalama South neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.3% of all American neighborhoods.
The Kapalama South neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 30,192 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 97.0% of the nation's neighborhoods.
Did you know that the Kapalama South neighborhood has more Asian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 68.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Asian ancestry.
Kapalama South is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Tagalog, which is the first language of the Philippine region, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. What is interesting to note, is that the Kapalama South neighborhood has a greater percentage of residents born in another country (49.5%) than are found in 97.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Kapalama South neighborhood in Honolulu are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the Kapalama South neighborhood, 43.6% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.7%), and 10.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Kapalama South neighborhood is English, spoken by 36.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region), Vietnamese and Korean.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Kapalama South neighborhood in Honolulu, HI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (68.8%). There are also a number of people of Spanish ancestry (1.9%). In addition, 49.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 Kapalama South neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (70.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (40.3%) carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (25.6%) and 17.2% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. Despite relying on the automobile to get to work, residents of this neighborhood share the ride more than most neighborhoods, reducing traffic, pollution, and saving money.