Captain Cook vs Hawaiian Beaches

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

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

Hawaiian Beaches has the higher population (4,503 vs 3,751 in Captain Cook). Captain Cook has the higher median household income ($124,551 vs $42,154 in Hawaiian Beaches). Captain Cook has the higher median home value ($642,500 vs $247,500 in Hawaiian Beaches).

Population, income & housing

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
Population	3,751	4,503
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$124,551	$42,154
Median home value	$642,500	$247,500
Median gross rent	$1,818	$1,639
Housing units	1,099	2,103
Homeownership rate	59.3%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
Population	4,171 → 3,751 (-10.1%)	5,320 → 4,503 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$73,929 → $124,551 (+68.5%)	$42,882 → $42,154 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$502,300 → $642,500 (+27.9%)	$181,900 → $247,500 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,357 → $1,818 (+34.0%)	$1,250 → $1,639 (+31.1%)

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

Hawaiian Beaches

Population

5,3204,503

Median household income

$42,882$42,154

Median home value

$181,900$247,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
Under 5	7.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	1.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	4.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	19.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	42.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.5%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	11.4%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	28.9%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	24.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
Drove alone	54.3%	81.4%
Carpooled	21.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	7.6%
Other means	6.4%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
1-unit, detached	74.1%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Captain Cook	Hawaiian Beaches
Poverty rate	9.0%	36.1%
Average household size	3.99	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1983	1988