Fern Forest vs Mauna Loa Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Fern Forest and Mauna Loa Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mauna Loa Estates has the higher population (931 vs 880 in Fern Forest). Mauna Loa Estates has the higher median household income ($41,509 vs $33,173 in Fern Forest). Mauna Loa Estates has the higher median home value ($291,600 vs $173,800 in Fern Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
Population	880	931
Median age	53.6 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$41,509
Median home value	$173,800	$291,600
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	523	609
Homeownership rate	86.6%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
Population	787 → 880 (+11.8%)	1,134 → 931 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $33,173 (+51.6%)	$34,464 → $41,509 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $173,800 (+36.3%)	$184,300 → $291,600 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,047 (+24.9%)	—

Fern Forest

Population

787880

Median household income

$21,875$33,173

Median home value

$127,500$173,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,047

Mauna Loa Estates

Population

1,134931

Median household income

$34,464$41,509

Median home value

$184,300$291,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
Under 5	2.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	19.3%	27.4%
75 and over	5.7%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	45.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.8%
Some other race	0.0%	5.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	34.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	38.4%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
Drove alone	80.9%	90.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
1-unit, detached	95.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Forest	Mauna Loa Estates
Poverty rate	29.3%	15.4%
Average household size	1.84	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	49	20
Median year structure built	2002	1993