Fern Acres vs Pahala

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

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

Pahala has the higher population (1,785 vs 1,714 in Fern Acres). Pahala has the higher median household income ($71,908 vs $49,554 in Fern Acres). Fern Acres has the higher median home value ($267,400 vs $216,600 in Pahala).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Acres	Pahala
Population	1,714	1,785
Median age	49.1 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,554	$71,908
Median home value	$267,400	$216,600
Median gross rent	$1,099	$650
Housing units	711	521
Homeownership rate	81.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Acres	Pahala
Population	1,997 → 1,714 (-14.2%)	1,827 → 1,785 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $49,554 (+23.1%)	$65,302 → $71,908 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $267,400 (+50.0%)	$202,900 → $216,600 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,099 (-4.1%)	$825 → $650 (-21.2%)

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

Pahala

Population

1,8271,785

Median household income

$65,302$71,908

Median home value

$202,900$216,600

Median gross rent

$825$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Acres	Pahala
Under 5	3.4%	14.5%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	13.3%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Acres	Pahala
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	7.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	27.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	6.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	28.4%	25.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Acres	Pahala
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	32.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Acres	Pahala
Drove alone	63.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	30.0%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Acres	Pahala
1-unit, detached	85.4%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.9%
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	Pahala
Poverty rate	18.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.72	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1997	1975