Kailua Kona homebuyers are working with a $1,200,000 median price point, 186% above the national figure. Against the $212,000 median household income in the area, that's a 5.7x multiple.
At a 0.3% effective rate, Kailua Kona property taxes add $300 to the monthly payment on the median home, $3,600 a year in total.
Hawaii levies a state income tax on top of the $7,023/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Kailua Kona's cost of living index is 182, above the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Kailua Kona's median home price runs 38% higher than nearby Honolulu: $870,000 there versus $1,200,000 here.