About Halawa
Halawa, HI is a small unincorporated community located in central Hawaii.
Halawa holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.39 square miles.
📰 Halawa News Today
- Police shut down alleged illegal gambling rooms in Halawa Hawaii News Now · Aug 12
- Inmate dies after attack at Halawa Correctional Facility KITV · Aug 7
- Police respond to separate late night shootings in Ewa Beach, Halawa area khon2.com · Aug 10
- Hawaii Taps Muni Market to Finish First US Driverless Rail Line Bloomberg · Aug 11
- Inmate dies after apparent attack at Halawa Correctional Facility Hawaii News Now · Aug 8
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Halawa Unique
- The only place in America named Halawa — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Island living in the Pacific — year-round tropical climate.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Halawa
📍 Halawa Valley📍 Hālawa📍 Hālawa Heights📍 Makalapa Housing📍 Mapunapuna📍 Moanalua Gardens📍 Moanalua Valley📍 Red Hill📍 Salt Lake📍 Āliamanu
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Halawa
- Teapresso Bar — bubble tea (café)
- Island Glazed Donuts — donut
- Islander Drive Inn
- Lagoon Chinese Restaurant — chinese
- Pad Thai — thai
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Restaurant 604
- Salt Lake Chinese Restaurant — chinese
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Sun Sun Ramen & Curry
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum · Museum
- USS Bowfin · Attraction
- Hitachi Tree · Attraction
- Moanalua Valley Trail Start (Kulana'ahane) · Attraction
- Pearl Harbor Visitor Center · Attraction
- Pearl Harbor Visitor Center Exhibit Galleries: Attack and Ro · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Halawa
- Bowfin Park reviews ★
- Ala Puumalu Community Park reviews ★
- Aliamanu Neighboorhood Park reviews ★
- Crosspointe Community Park reviews ★
- East Foster Village Community Park reviews ★
- Halawa District Park reviews ★
- Hoa Aloha Neighborhood Park reviews ★
- Likini Street Mini Park reviews ★
- Moanalua Community Park reviews ★
- Moanalua Gardens reviews ★
- Oahu Veterans Center Park reviews ★
- Palm Circle reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Halawa
- Admiral Arthur W Radford High School
- Aliamanu Elementary School
- Aliamanu Middle School
- Makalapa Elementary School
- Moanalua Elementary School
- Moanalua High School
- Moanalua Middle School
- Red Hill Elementary School
- Salt Lake Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateHawaii
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.39 sq mi
Coordinates21.3753, -157.9185