Discovery Harbour vs Keaau

A side-by-side comparison of Discovery Harbour and Keaau: population, income, housing, and more.

Discovery Harbour and Keaau are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Keaau has the higher population (1,210 vs 1,198 in Discovery Harbour). Keaau has the higher median household income ($64,688 vs $64,286 in Discovery Harbour). Discovery Harbour has the higher median home value ($431,700 vs $320,000 in Keaau).

Population, income & housing

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
Population	1,198	1,210
Median age	59.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$64,688
Median home value	$431,700	$320,000
Median gross rent	$1,579	$763
Housing units	695	508
Homeownership rate	81.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
Population	1,304 → 1,198 (-8.1%)	2,613 → 1,210 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $64,286 (+20.5%)	$65,521 → $64,688 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $431,700 (+44.1%)	$338,900 → $320,000 (-5.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,579 (+25.6%)	$1,141 → $763 (-33.1%)

Discovery Harbour

Population

1,3041,198

Median household income

$53,333$64,286

Median home value

$299,600$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,579

Keaau

Population

2,6131,210

Median household income

$65,521$64,688

Median home value

$338,900$320,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
Under 5	4.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	24.7%	17.3%
75 and over	13.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	7.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	42.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.8%	10.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.8%	34.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
Drove alone	76.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
1-unit, detached	96.1%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Discovery Harbour	Keaau
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	53	30
Median year structure built	2001	1976