Home values, rents and more in the Hilo metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Hilo metro compares
The typical home in the Hilo metro area is worth about $575,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Hilo metro are 31% below the typical value in Hawaii ($833,000) and 1.6 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Hilo metro rose 1.8%, compared with +1.4% in Hawaii and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,562 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 16% below Hawaii ($3,044) and 33% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 10.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $78,639, against $100,389 in Hawaii and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 210,043 people live in the Hilo metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Hilo metro has the 49th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the lowest of 4 in Hawaii with Zillow figures.
Part of: Hawaii
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Hilo metro
Cities in the Hilo metro
- Hilo, HI $562,000
- Waimea, HI $1,031,000
- Waikoloa, HI $851,000
- Mountain View, HI $337,000
- Holualoa, HI $1,033,000
- Captain Cook, HI $687,000
- Kurtistown, HI $383,000
- Kapaau, HI $627,000
- Hawi, HI $839,000
- Pepeekeo, HI $550,000
- Honokaa, HI $660,000
- Kealakekua, HI $791,000
- Pahala, HI $295,000
- Keaau, HI $474,000
- Pahoa, HI $289,000
- Papaikou, HI $596,000
- Laupahoehoe, HI $674,000
- Naalehu, HI $405,000
- Volcano, HI $386,000
- Paauilo, HI $462,000
- Honomu, HI $698,000
- Puako, HI $2,218,000
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.