Ainaloa vs Captain Cook

A side-by-side comparison of Ainaloa and Captain Cook: population, income, housing, and more.

Ainaloa and Captain Cook are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Captain Cook has the higher population (3,751 vs 3,493 in Ainaloa). Captain Cook has the higher median household income ($124,551 vs $51,757 in Ainaloa). Captain Cook has the higher median home value ($642,500 vs $222,300 in Ainaloa).

Population, income & housing

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
Population	3,493	3,751
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,757	$124,551
Median home value	$222,300	$642,500
Median gross rent	$1,364	$1,818
Housing units	1,520	1,099
Homeownership rate	84.0%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
Population	3,279 → 3,493 (+6.5%)	4,171 → 3,751 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $51,757 (+29.4%)	$73,929 → $124,551 (+68.5%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $222,300 (+32.7%)	$502,300 → $642,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,364 (+18.9%)	$1,357 → $1,818 (+34.0%)

Ainaloa

Population

3,2793,493

Median household income

$40,000$51,757

Median home value

$167,500$222,300

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,364

Captain Cook

Population

4,1713,751

Median household income

$73,929$124,551

Median home value

$502,300$642,500

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
Under 5	3.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	4.9%
55 to 64	22.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	16.4%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
White (non-Hispanic)	28.1%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.2%	1.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	30.8%	28.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
Drove alone	71.6%	54.3%
Carpooled	16.4%	21.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
1-unit, detached	98.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ainaloa	Captain Cook
Poverty rate	23.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.40	3.99
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	2001	1983