Fern Acres vs Pepeekeo

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

Fern Acres and Pepeekeo 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 1,505 in Pepeekeo). Pepeekeo has the higher median household income ($52,276 vs $49,554 in Fern Acres). Pepeekeo has the higher median home value ($415,600 vs $267,400 in Fern Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
Population	1,714	1,505
Median age	49.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,554	$52,276
Median home value	$267,400	$415,600
Median gross rent	$1,099	$805
Housing units	711	593
Homeownership rate	81.9%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
Population	1,997 → 1,714 (-14.2%)	1,518 → 1,505 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$40,250 → $49,554 (+23.1%)	$45,547 → $52,276 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $267,400 (+50.0%)	$283,100 → $415,600 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,099 (-4.1%)	$331 → $805 (+143.2%)

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

Pepeekeo

Population

1,5181,505

Median household income

$45,547$52,276

Median home value

$283,100$415,600

Median gross rent

$331$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
Under 5	3.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	5.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	10.8%
75 and over	5.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	14.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	26.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	31.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	28.4%	18.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
No high school diploma	9.9%	15.4%
High school graduate	32.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
Drove alone	63.8%	60.1%
Carpooled	30.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	12.3%
Walked	6.2%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
1-unit, detached	85.4%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Acres	Pepeekeo
Poverty rate	18.9%	21.7%
Average household size	2.72	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	46
Median year structure built	1997	1977