Fern Acres vs Kealakekua

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

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

Kealakekua has the higher population (1,989 vs 1,714 in Fern Acres). Kealakekua has the higher median household income ($79,332 vs $49,554 in Fern Acres). Kealakekua has the higher median home value ($574,600 vs $267,400 in Fern Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
Population	1,714	1,989
Median age	49.1 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,554	$79,332
Median home value	$267,400	$574,600
Median gross rent	$1,099	$1,052
Housing units	711	783
Homeownership rate	81.9%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
Population	1,997 → 1,714 (-14.2%)	1,923 → 1,989 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $49,554 (+23.1%)	$61,908 → $79,332 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $267,400 (+50.0%)	$492,200 → $574,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,099 (-4.1%)	$772 → $1,052 (+36.3%)

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

Kealakekua

Population

1,9231,989

Median household income

$61,908$79,332

Median home value

$492,200$574,600

Median gross rent

$772$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
Under 5	3.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	17.1%
75 and over	5.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	14.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	46.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	11.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.4%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
No high school diploma	9.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
Drove alone	63.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	30.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
1-unit, detached	85.4%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Acres	Kealakekua
Poverty rate	18.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1997	1980