Fern Acres vs Kapaau

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

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

Kapaau has the higher population (2,029 vs 1,714 in Fern Acres). Kapaau has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $49,554 in Fern Acres). Kapaau has the higher median home value ($577,600 vs $267,400 in Fern Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
Population	1,714	2,029
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,554	$74,583
Median home value	$267,400	$577,600
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,497
Housing units	711	746
Homeownership rate	81.9%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
Population	1,997 → 1,714 (-14.2%)	1,801 → 2,029 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $49,554 (+23.1%)	$61,548 → $74,583 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $267,400 (+50.0%)	$368,800 → $577,600 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,099 (-4.1%)	$1,102 → $1,497 (+35.8%)

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

Kapaau

Population

1,8012,029

Median household income

$61,548$74,583

Median home value

$368,800$577,600

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,497

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
Under 5	3.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	15.1%
75 and over	5.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	16.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	24.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	3.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.4%	25.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.8%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
Drove alone	63.8%	64.5%
Carpooled	30.0%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
1-unit, detached	85.4%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Acres	Kapaau
Poverty rate	18.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.72	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1997	1986