After 2030, use is predicted to become considerably higher if long-term development plans for University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu's "university village", the nearly Ho‘opili housing development, and 168 acres of nearby vacant state land are fully realized.

Etched copper metal panels are present at the station entrance, collectively titled Kukui ʻĀ Mau I Ke Ao Mālamalama (A Torch That Continues to Burn During the Day) by local artist Satoru Abe.

The abstracted kukui (candlenut) motifs and scattered flora represent the University of Hawaiʻi's mission of "mālamalama," or "light of knowledge."

Keoneʻae station is located between Ho‘opili, a 11,750-home development, and the University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu.

The Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources plans to build 1,000 homes, a hotel, retail space, a warehouse, and offices in the nearby vacant land by 2029, with continuing development through 2040, which is expected to create 2,390 long-term jobs via 1 million square feet of industrial buildings on 60 acres.