The median home price in Hawaii is $833,877, 99% above the $420,000 national median. With a median household income of $100,745, the price-to-income ratio is 8.3x.
Property taxes in Hawaii average 0.29% of assessed value, below the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $2,418 a year, or $202 added to the monthly payment.
Hawaii levies a state income tax of 1.4%–11% on top of the $4,811/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 184 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Hawaii's median home price runs 8% higher than California: $773,735 there versus $833,877 here.