Black Sands vs Kukuihaele

A side-by-side comparison of Black Sands and Kukuihaele: population, income, housing, and more.

Black Sands and Kukuihaele are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kukuihaele has the higher population (366 vs 237 in Black Sands). Kukuihaele has the higher median home value ($571,400 vs $107,500 in Black Sands). Since 2019, Black Sands's population has grown faster (+123.6% vs +5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
Population	237	366
Median age	52.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median home value	$107,500	$571,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,078
Housing units	188	156
Homeownership rate	94.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
Population	106 → 237 (+123.6%)	347 → 366 (+5.5%)
Median household income	—	$64,464 → $86,250 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $107,500 (+13.4%)	$392,900 → $571,400 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$936 → $1,078 (+15.2%)

Black Sands

Population

106237

Median home value

$94,800$107,500

Kukuihaele

Population

347366

Median household income

$64,464$86,250

Median home value

$392,900$571,400

Median gross rent

$936$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	1.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	5.7%
45 to 54	28.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	25.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.2%
75 and over	1.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	37.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	15.2%	35.2%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.2%	19.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
No high school diploma	22.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.2%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	46.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
Drove alone	48.4%	58.7%
Carpooled	28.1%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	6.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	3.7%
Other means	10.9%	11.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
1-unit, detached	84.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Sands	Kukuihaele
Poverty rate	51.9%	12.6%
Average household size	1.67	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	36	50
Median year structure built	2002	1938