Hawaii Condo Fees Are Among Nation’s Highest. And They’re Squeezing The Middle Class 63 For many middle class home owners, maintenance fees can be almost as high as a mortgage.
Many of Hawaii’s high costs of living are painfully obvious, including the nation’s highest electricity rates, median single-family home prices that top $1 million on Oahu and milk prices that routinely exceed $6 a gallon.
But there’s another less talked about cost that has earned Hawaii an equally dubious distinction: according to a recent study, Hawaii homeowners’ association fees are among the nation’s highest – second only to New York.
The average HOA fee in Hawaii statewide in 2021 was $762 a month, according to a study by Cinch Home Services, a national home warranty provider. That’s compared to the overall U.S. average of $286 and about $37 per month in West Virginia, the least expensive state.
