Cost of Living in Waimea (Kamuela)
Waimea's cost of living runs genuinely high, layered on top of Hawaii's own defining statewide cost pressures.
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Learn moreGenuinely elevated housing costs
Cited median home prices ranged from approximately $794,378 to approximately $1.1 million, depending on the source and property-type mix.
A genuinely low effective property tax rate
Hawaii County's owner-occupied rate structure applies here as in Hilo, yielding a genuinely low approximate effective rate (~0.55%) after the home exemption, even though the real dollar bill runs higher given Waimea's elevated home values.
Hawaii's statewide cost pressures still apply
Hawaii's cost-of-living index (~193) reflects statewide shipping, grocery, electricity, and gas costs that apply in Waimea as everywhere in the state.
Key takeaways
- Waimea's housing costs run genuinely high, even relative to Hawaii's own elevated statewide standards.
- The effective property tax RATE runs genuinely low, though the real dollar bill runs higher given elevated home values.
- Hawaii's statewide high cost of living applies in Waimea as everywhere in the state.
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