Counts & data
Point-in-Time counts, Census rent figures and what the numbers can and cannot tell us about Oʻahu.
- After shelter: how long stays last, where people go and how many return
The Point-in-Time count says how many people are homeless on one night. System data say what happens next: average shelter stays of nearly a year on Oʻahu, fewer exits to permanent housing than on the neighbor islands, and return rates below the national average.
- Hawaiʻi in the national homelessness count: reading the federal figures
Federal data put Hawaiʻi at the top of the national ranking for homelessness per resident in 2024, partly because of Maui wildfire shelters. What HUD's report says, what the state's own figures show, and the long-run trends since 2016.
- How Oʻahu's Point-in-Time count works, and what it misses
The federally required one-night count of people experiencing homelessness on Oʻahu: who runs it, how sheltered and unsheltered people are counted, why 2025 had no street count, and how to read the results.
- Rent burden in Honolulu: what the Census data shows
Nearly half of Honolulu renter households pay 35% or more of their income on rent, according to the American Community Survey. How rent burden is measured, the latest county figures, and why it matters for homelessness.
- What Oʻahu's 2026 Point-in-Time count found
Oʻahu's January 2026 count found 4,539 people experiencing homelessness: fewer people outside, many more in shelters, and a rise in families with children. The figures, the context and the caveats.
