Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii

History

The HOVE development consisted of 10,697 1 acre lots north of the Hawaii Belt Road in the western part of the District of Kaū. The terrain varies from rugged lava fields to ohia trees and other vegetation. Elevation ranges from about 1500 ft up to the 5000 ft level. Initial sales began in the late 1950s. The original developer of HOVE was the Crawford Oil Company. Later, other subdivisions were put in place downslope of HOVE and the Hawaii Belt Road. In the early 1980s a service station and a hardware store were built.

In 1989 the Ocean View Town Center was developed, and the Ocean View Road Maintenance Corporation began an extensive rebuilding program of the roads. Shortly thereafter the Ocean View Development Corporation started a new market which included a laundromat and restaurant. Ocean View now has two shopping centers.

In January 2004, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park purchased the nearby property previously known as Kahuku Ranch.

Ocean View has a post office with the ZIP code of 96737. The USPS does not provide street delivery of mail except on Mamalahoa Highway. It is, therefore, difficult to get confirmation of a Street address for mail order companies to send purchases.

Geography

Ocean View is located at the southern end of the island of Hawaii at (19.107649, -155.767186), on the southwest rift zone of the shield volcano Mauna Loa. Its elevation ranges from 600 ft above sea level along the southern edge of the CDP, to 4900 ft along the northern edge.

Hawaii Route 11 passes through the community, leading northeast 76 mi to Hilo and northwest 46 mi to Kailua-Kona.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 95.3 km2, all of it land.

The area is prone to earthquakes.

Climate

The Hawaiian Ocean View climate borders between a Tropical Savanna Climate (Köppen As) and a Hot Semi-arid Climate (Köppen BSh). The average temperature in January is almost cool enough to qualify this climate as a warm-winter form of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) or a uniform rainfall Subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb).

|Jan record high F = 85 |Feb record high F = 87 |Mar record high F = 84 |Apr record high F = 85 |May record high F = 91 |Jun record high F = 87 |Jul record high F = 90 |Aug record high F = 89 |Sep record high F = 89 |Oct record high F = 91 |Nov record high F = 87 |Dec record high F = 85 |year record high F=

|Jan avg record high F = 80.7 |Feb avg record high F = 80.7 |Mar avg record high F = 81.1 |Apr avg record high F = 81.7 |May avg record high F = 82.6 |Jun avg record high F = 82.9 |Jul avg record high F = 84.6 |Aug avg record high F = 85.7 |Sep avg record high F = 84.5 |Oct avg record high F = 85.3 |Nov avg record high F = 83.1 |Dec avg record high F = 81.4 |year avg record high F = 87.2

|Jan avg record low F = 49.9 |Feb avg record low F = 50.0 |Mar avg record low F = 51.0 |Apr avg record low F = 52.5 |May avg record low F = 54.4 |Jun avg record low F = 55.4 |Jul avg record low F = 56.5 |Aug avg record low F = 56.6 |Sep avg record low F = 56.6 |Oct avg record low F = 56.0 |Nov avg record low F = 54.3 |Dec avg record low F = 51.0 |year avg record low F = 48.5

|Jan record low F = 47 |Feb record low F = 47 |Mar record low F = 47 |Apr record low F = 50 |May record low F = 51 |Jun record low F = 50 |Jul record low F = 54 |Aug record low F = 54 |Sep record low F = 53 |Oct record low F = 52 |Nov record low F = 48 |Dec record low F = 47 |year record low F=

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,178 people, 941 households, and 541 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 21.4 /mi2. There were 1,382 housing units at an average density of 13.5 /mi2. The racial makeup of the CDP was 56.75% White, 1.01% African American, 1.10% Native American, 6.34% Asian, 11.02% Pacific Islander, 1.97% from other races, and 21.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.40% of the population.

There were 941 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the CDP the population age distribution was 24.6% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 33.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,125, and the median income for a family was $34,234. Males had a median income of $28,523 versus $20,938 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,218. About 13.0% of families and 25.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.3% of those under age 18 and 16.5% of those age 65 or over.

In popular culture

It is known by GeoGuessr players as an "impossible location" due to the homogeneous grid layout of the area, making it difficult to figure out exactly where one is.

References

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