Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St median real estate price is $1,152,205, which is more expensive than 60.8% of the neighborhoods in Hawaii and 93.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St is currently $1,349, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 99.2% of Hawaii neighborhoods.
Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and single-family homes. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St are 3.9%, which is lower than one will find in 72.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St 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 Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 33.8% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 99.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Of note, 70.8% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.2% of all American neighborhoods.
One of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 73.7% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 95.7% of all neighborhoods in America.
In addition, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 85.3%, which is higher than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.
Did you know that the Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood has more Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Portuguese ancestry.
Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Japanese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St 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 83.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 70.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.7% 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 Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood, 38.9% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.2%), and 17.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood is English, spoken by 46.1% of households. Some people also speak Japanese (2.2%).
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 Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood in Honolulu, HI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (16.7%). There are also a number of people of Portuguese ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of Spanish ancestry (3.0%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.6%), among others. In addition, 29.8% 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 Kalena Dr / Kalaunu St neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (44.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (33.8%) and 10.3% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.