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Water Heater Repair in Hawaii

Across the 30 Hawaii towns we route calls in, 28 lead on electricity and 2 on gas. Which one your own town leans towards decides what can go wrong with the tank in your basement.

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Of the 30 towns covered in Hawaii, 28 lead on electricity, and the weighted shares across them are 5% gas, 44% electricity and under 1% fuel oil. A gas heater and an electric one fail in almost entirely different ways.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040.

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What Hawaii burns

Weighted across 397,285 occupied housing units in the areas we cover:

FuelShare of households
Gas — mains and bottled5%
Electricity44%
Fuel oil and keroseneunder 1%
Everything else51%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040 (house heating fuel), 2023 release. B25040 counts what heats the house, which predicts but does not measure what heats the water.

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The largest towns we route

TownLeads onShareHouseholds
HonoluluElectricity46%160,062
Ewa BeachElectricity54%23,441
WaipahuElectricity50%20,259
MililaniElectricity46%19,126
HiloElectricity35%17,912
KaneoheElectricity43%17,867
KailuaElectricity40%16,854
KapoleiElectricity52%15,054
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Checking a plumber in Hawaii

Hawaii licenses are issued by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Professional and Vocational Licensing, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

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Towns we route in Hawaii

  • Aiea electricity · 44% of households
  • Captain Cook electricity · 20% of households
  • Ewa Beach electricity · 54% of households
  • Haiku electricity · 21% of households
  • Haleiwa electricity · 27% of households
  • Hana gas · 7% of households
  • Hauula electricity · 23% of households
  • Hawi electricity · 16% of households
  • Hilo electricity · 35% of households
  • Holualoa electricity · 22% of households
  • Honokaa electricity · 15% of households
  • Honolulu electricity · 46% of households
  • Kaaawa electricity · 19% of households
  • Kahuku electricity · 26% of households
  • Kahului electricity · 60% of households
  • Kailua electricity · 40% of households
  • Kailua Kona electricity · 27% of households
  • Kamuela electricity · 25% of households
  • Kaneohe electricity · 43% of households
  • Kapolei electricity · 52% of households
  • Laie electricity · 32% of households
  • Mililani electricity · 46% of households
  • Ocean View gas · 15% of households
  • Pearl City electricity · 53% of households
  • Wahiawa electricity · 42% of households
  • Waialua electricity · 36% of households
  • Waianae electricity · 37% of households
  • Waikoloa electricity · 33% of households
  • Waimanalo electricity · 47% of households
  • Waipahu electricity · 50% of households

Know the fuel and the symptom? That is most of the call.Gas and electric heaters fail in almost entirely different ways, so saying which you have gets you to the right person faster. We route the call and never charge you for it. Water heaters are what we write about; the number goes further.

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