Fern Acres vs Hawi

A side-by-side comparison of Fern Acres and Hawi: population, income, housing, and more.

Fern Acres and Hawi are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hawi has the higher population (1,720 vs 1,714 in Fern Acres). Hawi has the higher median household income ($85,197 vs $49,554 in Fern Acres). Hawi has the higher median home value ($662,500 vs $267,400 in Fern Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Acres	Hawi
Population	1,714	1,720
Median age	49.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,554	$85,197
Median home value	$267,400	$662,500
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,898
Housing units	711	717
Homeownership rate	81.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Acres	Hawi
Population	1,997 → 1,714 (-14.2%)	1,166 → 1,720 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $49,554 (+23.1%)	$62,031 → $85,197 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $267,400 (+50.0%)	$362,400 → $662,500 (+82.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,099 (-4.1%)	$1,144 → $1,898 (+65.9%)

Fern Acres

Population

1,9971,714

Median household income

$40,250$49,554

Median home value

$178,300$267,400

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,099

Hawi

Population

1,1661,720

Median household income

$62,031$85,197

Median home value

$362,400$662,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Acres	Hawi
Under 5	3.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.6%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	5.5%
65 to 74	19.4%	14.4%
75 and over	5.9%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Acres	Hawi
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	21.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	14.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.4%	43.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Acres	Hawi
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Acres	Hawi
Drove alone	63.8%	63.8%
Carpooled	30.0%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Acres	Hawi
1-unit, detached	85.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Acres	Hawi
Poverty rate	18.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1997	1981