Fern Forest vs Naalehu

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

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

Fern Forest has the higher population (880 vs 837 in Naalehu). Naalehu has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $33,173 in Fern Forest). Naalehu has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $173,800 in Fern Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
Population	880	837
Median age	53.6 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$70,469
Median home value	$173,800	$215,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,551
Housing units	523	304
Homeownership rate	86.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
Population	787 → 880 (+11.8%)	962 → 837 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $33,173 (+51.6%)	$61,250 → $70,469 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $173,800 (+36.3%)	$172,400 → $215,600 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,047 (+24.9%)	$889 → $1,551 (+74.5%)

Fern Forest

Population

787880

Median household income

$21,875$33,173

Median home value

$127,500$173,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,047

Naalehu

Population

962837

Median household income

$61,250$70,469

Median home value

$172,400$215,600

Median gross rent

$889$1,551

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
Under 5	2.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	7.8%	26.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	18.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	23.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	19.3%	5.3%
75 and over	5.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	4.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	28.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	6.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	35.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
Drove alone	80.9%	49.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	34.2%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	12.1%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
1-unit, detached	95.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Forest	Naalehu
Poverty rate	29.3%	10.3%
Average household size	1.84	3.69
Mean commute (minutes)	49	44
Median year structure built	2002	1948