Source: DBEDT


 
 
 

 
 

The 2000 Census Median Household Income for this geography was $ 48,757. The Average Non-family Income was $ 40,938.
This geography included a total of 207,834 Housing Units in 2000, of which 45% were Owner Occupied, 45% were Renter Occupied, 10% were vacant, and 19% were mortgaged.

The Median Cash Rent for occupied rental units in 2000 was $ 740, and a total of 18,748 Rental Housing Units had a rent in excess of $1,000 monthly. The Median Housing Value for owner occupied housing in this geography in 2000 was $ 291,927, and a total of 12,822 homes were valued at $500,000 or more.

Hawaii is also commonly referred to as the "Aloha State".  Here are some other fun facts that you would like to know about Hawaii.  The state bird is the Hawaiian Goose,  state flower the Hibiscus, and state tree in the Candlenut. 

 
 
Maui  Recreation
 
 
Activities on the Valley Isle – Riding a bike down Haleakala, surfing, scuba diving, spearfishing, deep see fishing, shark diving, kayaking, snorkeling, hiking, parasailing, kitesurfing, bodysurfing, body boarding, horseback riding zip lining, luau, you name it, we got it.

 
Maui Climate 
 
Maui has numerous different climates, Kula nights will keep you by the fireside, Haiku and Huelo are so rainy sometimes that you will feel like you'll never dry out, (but watch that garden grow!) Living in Kihei through the summer will keep you praying for rain, and Kahului and Wailuku  are a nice camfortable mix of all the above. 
 
 

Hawaiian Real Estate History

Hundreds of years ago, all the land in Hawaii was owned by the king and controlled by the ali’i nui, the high chiefs of the feudal system. Commoners, the kanaka, couldn’t own land, but they farmed it as they were allowed on their ahupua’a, which wasa parcel of land that they were given by the king. An Ahupua’a was a pie shaped wedge of lend that went from the top of a mountain all the way to the ocean. Each ahupua’a in theory had every type of land in it and provided everything the people needed. In the mountains there were trees and olona for fishing line, pigs and other animals for eating, fruit and vegetables, taro plants for food and other things in the valleys, and coconuts on the plains. Finally, and perhaps most importantly to the Hawaiians, the fish and everything that is in the sea. You would be surprised at what you can eat out of the ocean!

A Land Commission was created in 1846 by King Kamehameha III. Then in 1848, the Great Mahele, began to divide the land among the people. The King gave land to the "chiefs and the people for the use and benefit of the Hawaiian Government." Chiefs were given lands they had previously retainers of. Even commoners purchased the land they had been farming.

The King kept some of the land as his own property exclusively and for his heirs. These were known as the Crown Lands, but were sold by the King to raise money. All the title to land in Hawaii is traced back to the Great Mahele.

Only since 1850 have non-Hawaiians been able to own any land in Hawaii.

Today the State Land Use Commission divides land into four types: Agricultural (47%), Conservation (48%), Urban (4.7%), and Rural (0.2%). It’s hard to believe when looking around Honolulu that only about 5% of the land is taken up by buildings.

The island of Hawaii is the largest island, and is about 7 times the size of Oahu. Maui is second largest. Kauai County is the third largest, least populous county, and consists of the islands of Kauai and Niihau. The City and County of Honolulu (the island of Oahu) is the smallest island, but has about 3/4 of the state population.