About Waimea
Set in the southeastern part of Hawaii, Waimea is a small unincorporated community.
Waimea holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 39.38 square miles.
📰 Waimea News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Waimea Unique
- 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 southeastern 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.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Waimea
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Waimea
- Big Island Brewhaus — american
- Country Grounds Coffee Company — coffee shop (café)
- Dom De Luca's — italian
- Forc
- Kamuela Kitchen & Coffee Bar
- Merriman's — american
- Moa Kitchen — japanese
- Pau — pizza
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Taco Rosa — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Gallery of Great Things · Art gallery
- Isaacs Art Center · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Waimea
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Waimea
- Kanu o ka Aina - New Century PCS
- Niihau High & Elementary School
- Waimea Canyon Middle School
- Waimea Elementary School
- Waimea High School
- Waimea Middle - PCCS
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.