Home values, rents and more in Hilo, HI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Hilo compares
The typical home in Hilo, HI is worth about $562,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Hilo are about the same as the typical value in the Hilo metro area ($575,000) and 1.5 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Hilo rose 5.4%, compared with +1.8% in the Hilo metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,129 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 17% below the Hilo metro area ($2,562) and 10% above the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $81,779, against $78,639 in the Hilo metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 50,404 people live in Hilo (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Hilo has the 10th-lowest typical home value of the 22 cities in the Hilo metro area and the 12th-lowest of 60 in Hawaii with Zillow figures.
Part of: Hawaii County, HI · Hilo metro area · Hawaii
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.