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Half Moon Bay, CA vs Kailua (Hawaii County), HI

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- Household income in Kailua (Hawaii County), is 42% less than it is in Half Moon Bay and is 13% above the National Average.
- Half Moon Bay unemployment rate is 5.0%.
- Kailua (Hawaii County) unemployment rate is 8.4%.

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 Half Moon Bay, CAKailua (Hawaii County), HIUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.0%8.4%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.3%-0.9%1.6%
 Future Job Growth37.6%33.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.8%4.3%6.2%
 Income Taxes8.0%8.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$67,975$40,595$37,638
 Household Income$137,346$79,331$69,021
 Family Median Income$169,286$85,659$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Half Moon Bay, CAKailua (Hawaii County), HIUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.5%7.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.6%1.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K4.1%6.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.3%6.2%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K4.5%8.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K2.2%7.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K4.2%10.1%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K7.9%14.6%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K22.3%18.3%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K12.3%9.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K31.9%10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Half Moon Bay, CAKailua (Hawaii County), HIUnited States
 Management, business, finance26.9%14.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science7.3%2.4%6.5%
 Community, social services1.0%1.5%1.8%
 Legal2.3%0.1%1.2%
 Education, library5.9%4.8%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment4.7%3.3%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.2%3.7%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.5%2.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.4%2.1%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving5.1%9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance5.4%9.7%3.6%
 Personal care2.6%3.3%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.4%23.5%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.7%1.4%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair3.5%9.6%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.0%7.9%13.1%

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 18 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 19 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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Reviews for Kailua (Hawaii County)    8 Reviews

The area is a bit overrated. The best location is on the beachfront. That is what the area is really known for. Going further away from the beach on streets like Oneawa  More

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Thank you Sperling's for these  More

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Over 15 years ago

I recently spent 2 years in Kona. I fell in love with it but its no place for working class people. The housing is so expensive that they had create a 60 mile (one  More

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