ZIP code · Waimea · Hawaii · United States
ZIP code 96796 — Waimea
ZIP code 96796 serves Waimea, Hawaii.
- Postal code
- 96796Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Waimea
- County
- Kauai FIPS 15007
- State
- Hawaii
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 21.9571, -159.6689 — precision estimated (postal-area centroid)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 2,070 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 1,108 / sq mi
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi (4.8 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $87,222
- Per-capita income
- $41,281
- Median age
- 49.7
- Households
- 740
- Housing units
- 848
- Median home value
- $573,900
- Median gross rent
- $1,664 / month
- Congressional district
- HI-2 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 12b (55 to 60 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- Pacific/Honolulu (UTC−10, no DST)
- Area code
- 808 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Nearby localities
Map of ZIP code 96796
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Aug (avg high 87°F), coldest Feb (avg low 62°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 80 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 81 |
| Avg low °F | 62 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 64 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: WAIMEA 947 (0.4 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 96796
- 6 schools
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 2 supermarkets
- 8 restaurants & cafés
- 8 parks
- 1 playgrounds
- 2 libraries
- 1 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 1 gas stations
- 1 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page