Fern Acres vs Nanawale Estates

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

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

Fern Acres has the higher population (1,714 vs 1,440 in Nanawale Estates). Fern Acres has the higher median household income ($49,554 vs $24,980 in Nanawale Estates). Fern Acres has the higher median home value ($267,400 vs $222,300 in Nanawale Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
Population	1,714	1,440
Median age	49.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,554	$24,980
Median home value	$267,400	$222,300
Median gross rent	$1,099	$897
Housing units	711	673
Homeownership rate	81.9%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
Population	1,997 → 1,714 (-14.2%)	1,707 → 1,440 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $49,554 (+23.1%)	$52,614 → $24,980 (-52.5%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $267,400 (+50.0%)	$143,400 → $222,300 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,099 (-4.1%)	$1,078 → $897 (-16.8%)

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

Nanawale Estates

Population

1,7071,440

Median household income

$52,614$24,980

Median home value

$143,400$222,300

Median gross rent

$1,078$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
Under 5	3.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	9.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	19.4%	13.1%
75 and over	5.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	21.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	17.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	28.4%	24.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
No high school diploma	9.9%	20.4%
High school graduate	32.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
Drove alone	63.8%	83.6%
Carpooled	30.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	8.8%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
1-unit, detached	85.4%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fern Acres	Nanawale Estates
Poverty rate	18.9%	47.2%
Average household size	2.72	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1997	1986