Kau District Towns

Information about towns, cities, census designated places, villages and unincorporated local communities in the Kau District of the Big Island of Hawaii.

These Kau District towns on the road between Volcano Village in the Puna District and Milolii in the South Kona District, are listed from northeast to southwest.

TOWN NAME: Pahala
TYPE: census designated place
SIZE: 0.64 square miles
POPULATION: 1,403 (as of 2020 census)
RESOURCE: Profile

TOWN NAME: Ninole (Kau)
TYPE: unincorporated local community
STATUS: mostly destroyed by a tsunami caused by 1868 earthquake
ELEVATION: 85 feet above sea level
RESOURCE: Profile

TOWN NAME: Naalehu
TYPE: census designated place
SIZE: 2.17 square miles
POPULATION: 811 (as of 2020 census)
RESOURCE: Profile

TOWN NAME: Waiohinu
TYPE: census designated place
SIZE: 1.34 square miles
POPULATION: 198 (as of 2020 census)
RESOURCE: Profile

TOWN NAME: Discovery Harbour
TYPE: census designated place
SIZE: 3.56 square miles
POPULATION: 1,171 (as of 2020 census)
RESOURCE: Profile |

TOWN NAME: Hawaiian Ocean View
COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Ocean View
TYPE: census designated place
SIZE: 36.30 square miles
POPULATION: 4,864 (as of 2020 census)
RESOURCE: Profile
SUBDIVISIONS:
- Hawaiian Ocean View Estates (HOVE)
- Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos (HOVR)