Kualapuu, Hawaii

About Kualapuu

Kualapuu is a small unincorporated community in central Hawaii.

Kualapuu holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 29.3 square miles.

📰 Kualapuu News Today

• Kualapuu Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Kualapuu, Hawaii Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17
• Mahalo Tour 2022: Kualapuu Cookhouse Hawaii News Now · Sep 14
• Bayer offers free youth activity book - Maui News · Jun 3
• Brush fire near Molokai Airport 100% contained after burning 80 acres KITV · Sep 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Kualapuu Unique

• The only place in America named Kualapuu — 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

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 16 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Kualapuu

• Friends and Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Kualapu'u cookhouse

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum · Museum
• Hale Malama Museum Collections Storage Facility · Museum
• Hospital Ruins · Attraction
• Kalaupapa Trail Lower Trailhead · Attraction
• Kalaupapa Trailhead · Attraction
• Maunahui-Makakupaia 4X4 Trail · Attraction
• Phallic Rock · Attraction
• Visitors Holding Area · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Kualapuu

• Kualapuu School - Public Conversion Charter
• Molokai High School
• Molokai Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Kualapuu

🏘️ Nearby Communities