Where do the smartest people in Hawaii live? New census data has answers
STAR-ADVERTISER / FEB. 7, 2006
In this 2006 file photo, homes are shown at Portlock point.
Where do the smartest people in Hawaii live? How about those who make the most money, or speak foreign languages?
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and the Hawaii State Data Center have the answers.
The agencies released data from five years of surveys, covering just under 10 percent of the population from 2010 to 2014.
The survey makes it possible to look at census data down to neighborhoods, although the margin of error can be quite high in smaller neighborhoods.
Here are some of the highlights:
Smartest people (population with a bachelors degree or higher)
The neighborhoods with the highest percentage of people with a college education are all on Oahu.
In order, they are the Schofield Forest Reserve, where it’s suggested that all of the estimated 91 people who live there have a college degree; Waialae Iki (75.4 percent); Portlock (73.8 percent); East Manoa (71.6 percent) and Kahauiki Street in Kalihi, (estimated population 1,074) where the survey suggests 70 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher.
On a side note, if you want to find the greatest concentration of people with at least a high school degree , go to military bases on Oahu, where in most neighborhoods, 100 percent of the adults have graduated from high school.
Richest neighborhoods (highest median income)
No surprises here, unless you are really snobby and think your neighborhood should be ranked higher.
The neighborhoods with the richest residents are: Round Top Drive-Tantalus ($183,958), Waialae Iki ($173,864), Portlock ($145,250), Judd Hillside-Lowrey Avenue ($144,219), Maunawili ($140,038) and Ko Olina Resort ($139,167).
The areas with the highest income area also among the areas with the highest median value of homes. The median price of an owner-occupied home in the above neighborhoods, except for Maunawili and Ko Olina, is over $1 million.
People who speak a language other than English
If you want to hear people speaking other languages, the census data suggests you go to Mayor Wright Housing (68.4 percent), Linapuni Street (68.3 percent), Umi Street (68.2 percent) and Chinatown (66.2 percent). Hanauma Bay, with an estimated population of 2, is actually ranked highest. But that census-designated neighborhood may be too small to be really be part of the ranking.
For more information on the American Community Survey go to: census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data.html
For an analysis of Hawaii data go to: census.hawaii.gov/acs/acs-2014/
27 responses to “Where do the smartest people in Hawaii live? New census data has answers”
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Oh hoo, I want to live with smart people who speak multiple languages. Mayor Wright Housing or Hanauma Bay? Hmmm???
Yep. Sitting at a bus stop in Honolulu, now a days brings up no one who speaks English anymore. Oh, wait! A group of homeless from the upper 49 states in Honolulu do talk English, if that can count?
“talk english”?
I like my Pidgin English.
Are we talking about school-book smart with no common sense, or are we talking about the street smart people who have learned it just by living day to day?
I know that my puppies are smarter than I am. During the day time, they hold out from eating the dog food in hopes of human food while we eat together. At night, they better eat the dog food since no human is around to offer any human scraps. Hence, why the dog bowl is clean in the morning.
Glad the comment pages are back. And good points by the novice. Few of us deserve humility like the novice. Just kidding…
My puppies would like to lick your face, allie.
What a stupid thing! Whoever told you educated people are smart? The smart people are those that know their limitations and work with it to have a wholesome existence.
Thank you Bdpapa.
Thank You!
Welcome to the SA’s newer and slower website. It’s a good thing that the SA doesn’t do any skin flicks. It would be buffing right at the height of the moment.
aka…I was poor yesterday, I’m poor today, and I’ll be poor tomorrow. Yup, resignation is what has motivation the great inventors of our time.
We maybe poor in money, but rich in kindness.
Almost like segregation happening here. That’s just the way it is and always will be.
Observing the results suggest that this study is a complete waste of time & $$.
Taxpayers money!
Agreed. A study that showed where all the stupid people live would be much more valuable.
It is questionable to equate having a degree with being “smart.” I’ve got a Ph.D. and I know people smarter than me about certain things. I also know other people with Ph.D.’s who are just plain foolish. There are lots of different kinds of intelligence and ways of being smart; equating educational degrees with intelligence isn’t one of them.
I want to live in Schofield Forest Reserve.
as do I..sounds lovely. I had never heard of it before.
I wonder what kinds of sounds allie makes for her neighbors to hear?
I mainly am in class, the library or at work. I sleep about 6 hours a night. SA likes to hear the sound of keys clacking on my commentary pages!
More like scold field to the soldiers.
My dog does same too, he’s a smart boy :]
It takes a smart person to design a website that is even slower than the existing one before. Hint. Star Advertiser.
I thought the people who think they are the riches and would win the snobby are Lanikai and Kailua. They always get what they want.