Pahoa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 962 at the 2000 United States Census.

Geography and environment
Pahoa is located at (19.501031, -154.953037). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²), all of it land.

Soils underlying the Pahoa area are volcanic in origin, deriving from the still active Kilauea Volcano. (Earth Metrics Inc., 1986) Kilauea is one of the earth's most active volcanos, with the January, 2006 eruption being the longest rift zone eruption in Kilauea's 200 year recorded history....

Pahoa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 962 at the 2000 United States Census.

Geography and environment
Pahoa is located at (19.501031, -154.953037). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²), all of it land.

Soils underlying the Pahoa area are volcanic in origin, deriving from the still active Kilauea Volcano. (Earth Metrics Inc., 1986) Kilauea is one of the earth's most active volcanos, with the January, 2006 eruption being the longest rift zone eruption in Kilauea's 200 year recorded history. (Volcanology, 2007) The volcanic soils underlying Pahoa are considered to have been generated by lava flows within the last 125 to 500 years. For example, the eruption of 1840 is known to have deposited lava flow within of Pahoa. During the 1986 Earth Metrics survey an active lateral vent of Kilauea is located within three miles (5 km) of the village western perimeter. (Earth Metrics, 1986)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 962 people, 314 households, and 242 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 424.4 people per square mile (163.6/km²). There were 352 housing units at an average density of 155.3/sq mi (59.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 9.88% White (U.S. Census), 0.31% African American (U.S. Census), 0.83% Native American (U.S. Census), 52.39% Asian (U.S. Census), 13.83% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 1.56% from Race (United States Census), and 21.21% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 11.23% of the population.

There were 314 households out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were Marriage living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.47.