Kealakekua, Hawaii Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 1,645
Males: 786 (47.8%), Females: 859 (52.2%)
Hawaii County
Zip code: 96750
Demographics
Median resident age: 42.4 years
Median household income: $38,026
Median house value: $206,000
Population by Race
Races in Kealakekua:
- Two or more races (27.7%)
- Japanese (24.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (22.6%)
- Hispanic (9.2%)
- Filipino (9.1%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (7.2%)
- American Indian (3.5%)
- Other Asian (2.4%)
- Other race (2.1%)
- Chinese (0.9%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (6.6%), Irish (5.3%), German (4.4%), Portuguese (4.0%), Dutch (1.5%), Italian (1.4%).
Elevation: 1550 feet
Land area: 7.5 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Kealakekua
- High school or higher: 82.6%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 20.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
- Unemployed: 4.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Kealakekua CDP
- Never married: 28.7%
- Now married: 52.3%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 8.5%
7.9% Foreign born (6.1% Asia, 1.0% Latin America).
Hospitals
Hospital/medical center in Kealakekua:
- KONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (69 HAUKAPILA STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Kealakekua:
- KAU HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; PAHALA, HI)
- NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; KAMUELA, HI)
- HALE HO’OLA HAMAKUA (about 48 miles; HONOKAA, HI)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kealakekua:
- KONA INTL AT KEAHOLE (about 17 miles; KAILUA/KONA, HI; Abbreviation: KOA)
- HILO INTERNATIONAL (about 63 miles; HILO, HI; Abbreviation: ITO)
- KAHULUI (about 100 miles; KAHULUI, HI; Abbreviation: OGG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kealakekua:
- WAIMEA-KOHALA (about 38 miles; KAMUELA, HI; Abbreviation: MUE)
- UPOLU (about 50 miles; HAWI, HI; Abbreviation: UPP)
- HANA (about 87 miles; HANA, HI; Abbreviation: HNM)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kealakekua:
- UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO (about 59 miles; HILO, HI; Full-time enrollment: 2,434)
- KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 178 miles; HONOLULU, HI; Full-time enrollment: 4,131)
- UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA (about 180 miles; HONOLULU, HI; Full-time enrollment: 14,113)
- HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY (about 182 miles; HONOLULU, HI; Full-time enrollment: 6,186)
- HONOLULU COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 183 miles; HONOLULU, HI; Full-time enrollment: 2,787)
- LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 192 miles; PEARL CITY, HI; Full-time enrollment: 3,511)
- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-HAWAII CAMPUS (about 202 miles; LAIE, HI; Full-time enrollment: 2,273)
Schools
Public high school in Kealakekua:
- KONAWAENA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 888; Location: 81-1043 KONAWAENA SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 09 – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kealakekua:
- KONAWAENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 524; Location: 81-1045 KONAWAENA SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: PK – 05)
- KONAWAENA MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 377; Location: 81-1041 KONAWAENA SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 06 – 08)
- KE KULA O EHUNUIKAIMALINO (Students: 115; Location: 81-1045 KONAWAENA SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: KG – 09)
Private primary/middle school in Kealakekua:
- KONA PACIFIC SCHOOL (Students: 36; Location: PO BOX 447; Grades: 1 – 6)