Discovery Harbour vs Papaikou

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

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

Papaikou has the higher population (1,325 vs 1,198 in Discovery Harbour). Papaikou has the higher median household income ($80,972 vs $64,286 in Discovery Harbour). Discovery Harbour has the higher median home value ($431,700 vs $431,100 in Papaikou).

Population, income & housing

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
Population	1,198	1,325
Median age	59.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$80,972
Median home value	$431,700	$431,100
Median gross rent	$1,579	$1,489
Housing units	695	459
Homeownership rate	81.9%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
Population	1,304 → 1,198 (-8.1%)	971 → 1,325 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $64,286 (+20.5%)	$53,636 → $80,972 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $431,700 (+44.1%)	$247,200 → $431,100 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,579 (+25.6%)	$943 → $1,489 (+57.9%)

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

Papaikou

Population

9711,325

Median household income

$53,636$80,972

Median home value

$247,200$431,100

Median gross rent

$943$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
Under 5	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	5.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	24.7%	10.0%
75 and over	13.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	10.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.8%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.8%	47.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
Drove alone	76.1%	70.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
1-unit, detached	96.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Discovery Harbour	Papaikou
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.26	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	53	26
Median year structure built	2001	1964