THE KAPAA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid and Subhumid Low Mountain Slopes setting.
Kapaa CDP has 10 square miles of land in Kauai County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid and Subhumid Low Mountain Slopes.
Lower leeward terrain on older Hawaiian islands includes relatively level plains and slopes cut by gulches. The setting is generally drier than neighboring windward mountain areas.
Regional context: Semiarid and Subhumid Low Mountain Slopes ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kapaa and Kauai County
Kapaa is associated with Kauai County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kapaa by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within Kapaa, or 3.2% of its total area. It is 47.8 percentage points lower than the 51.1% recorded for Kauai County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kapaa CDP has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Wailua Homesteads CDP (7.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

