Cost of Living

Between low wages and high net prices, no state can claim that the average four-year college is affordable for low-income students....

...An average household in Hawaii County spent an average of $51,700 in 2014....

...making the shipping more expensive and thereby directly adding to the cost of living....

A typical Maui household spent an average of $65,197 in 2014. About 72 percent of the total household spending went towards the three basic needs categories....

In Hawaii the two-bedroom housing wage is $34.22/hr ....

...ratios of pre-retirement income that seniors are replacing range from a high of 72.59% in Hawaii to a low of 48.22% in Massachusetts....

...For the sixth year in a row Hawaii was named the worst state to make a living for its 68.6 percent higher cost of living than the national average....

...compared to the national average cost of goods and services....

...Study Examining Senior Care Cost and Quality Reveals Best and Worst States to Age in....

House Democrats are here to cut off your ....

...Compared with 2004‐2005, Honolulu consumers spent more on housing in 2013‐2014, with the share of housing increasing from 31.7% to 43.2%....

...Child care for a 4-year-old costs an average of $776 each month....

“The main reason is a very cumbersome permitting process, in a way that prevents people from building housing quickly and at a low cost…."

...the average monthly rent for single-family homes in Honolulu was $2,691....

The poll results also show that Hawaiʻi residents are highly concerned about the state’s high cost of housing....

... the three-year cost of car ownership in Hawaii is $12,065 ....

...The nation’s least expensive markets for gas are Oklahoma ($1.42), Missouri ($1.46) and Kansas ($1.47)....

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That breakdown results in a paltry $186 of leftover income, or less than 7 percent of each paycheck — the only state in single digits....

Cong Perluisi stated there “. . . . are eight constructive steps the federal government could take,” including the need to “update the Existing Jones Act LNG and LPG Exemption in Puerto Rico” ....

Statewide, about 18.5% of two-adult couples with no children and 45.5% of two-adult couples with two children had incomes below the self-sufficiency standard....

Be sure to thank the frackers ....

...Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bill that would exclude intra-state air transportation within the U.S. Territory of American Samoa from federal aviation cabotage....

Our rent vs. buy metric is especially tight for young prospective buyers....

In Hawaii, single parents with two children pay about 64% of their income for infant child care, nearly the same as married couple families at the poverty line with two children....

...our monthly premium is going up over $200 – an increase of 34%. To be able to afford health insurance, we are downgrading our health care plan....

Big Island customers could save as much as $113 million on the existing HELCO rate base and up to $234 million including investments to modernize the grid over a four-year period....

At a time of dwindling inventory and rising prices, housing affordability has once again become a hot topic in Hawaii....

The “Residential Home Sales in Hawaii” report summarizes home sale activities in Hawaii recorded for the period from January 2008 to September 2015....

Residential time-of-use rates would be most beneficial for customers who are able to use more electricity during the middle of the day until 4 p.m....

A rate that is higher -- above the existing energy charge rate -- from 4 p.m. to midnight (on-peak hours)....

Raising a family in the Aloha State comes at a high price....

Here's the trick.  The 'second' biofuel plant will soon be the 'only' biofuel plant....

As the sheen wears off of subsidized health coverage, and more Americans find they are paying hundreds per month for coverage that provides few benefits....

In Hawaii annual costs for 4-year-old care are equal to 55.8 percent of minimum-wage earnings....

A study reveals that urban containment, or smart growth policies, have been shown to drive the price of housing up....

There are two approaches to meeting the needs of the least advantaged in society....

...customers in deregulated states and areas can shop around for electric plans....

...Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Florida and Washington, which adopted some type of restrictive land-use policy over the last 30 years, all experienced some of the largest losses, in terms of home affordability....

Hawaii -- 262.4--Car thefts per 100,000 people -- Nat'l Avg 220.7

...the combination of one of the country's most expensive housing markets and relatively low employment opportunities....

The U.S. already leads the world in carbon emissions reduction thanks to the increased use of natural gas obtained through fracking....

The adjusted cost of living for retired persons in Honolulu is twice as high as it is in Laredo, Texas....

Seattle is the best city in the United States for healthy retirement living, with Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Portland (Oregon) and Hartford rounding out the top five....

...at home using electricity from the grid will be most expensive during peak electricity demand from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.....

For singles in Honolulu, the highest lifestyle-related costs are clothing and housing....

...and Detroit ranks 14th....

“The high cost of living in Hawaii amplifies the hardship that many of our low-income and poor families face...."

Residential customers now pay roughly $0.17/kWh for fixed costs....