About Kapolei
Kapolei, HI is a small unincorporated community located in western Hawaii.
Officially, Kapolei is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.37 square miles.
📰 Kapolei News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Kapolei Unique
- The only place in America named Kapolei — 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.
- Positioned in western Hawaii, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Kapolei
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Kapolei
- Plantation Tavern
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Aloha Salads
- Assagio's — italian
- Brick Oven Pizza — pizza
- Chili's — tex-mex
- Chun Wah Kam Noodle Factory — chinese
- Denny's — american
- Genki Sushi — sushi
- Hapa Grill
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Big Kahuna · Attraction
- Da Flowrider · Attraction
- Island Adventure Golf · Attraction
- Island Racer · Attraction
- Shaka · Attraction
- Wet n' Wild Hawaii · Theme park
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Kapolei
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Kapolei
- Barbers Point Elementary School
- DreamHouse Ewa Beach
- Hookele Elementary School
- Kapolei Charter School by Goodwill Hawaii
- Kapolei Elementary School
- Kapolei High School
- Kapolei Middle School
- Makakilo Elementary School
- Mauka Lani Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.