Fern Forest vs Paauilo

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

Fern Forest and Paauilo 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 634 in Paauilo). Paauilo has the higher median household income ($65,750 vs $33,173 in Fern Forest). Paauilo has the higher median home value ($361,100 vs $173,800 in Fern Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
Population	880	634
Median age	53.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$65,750
Median home value	$173,800	$361,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,117
Housing units	523	248
Homeownership rate	86.6%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
Population	787 → 880 (+11.8%)	586 → 634 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $33,173 (+51.6%)	$63,194 → $65,750 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $173,800 (+36.3%)	$274,100 → $361,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,047 (+24.9%)	$1,125 → $1,117 (-0.7%)

Fern Forest

Population

787880

Median household income

$21,875$33,173

Median home value

$127,500$173,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,047

Paauilo

Population

586634

Median household income

$63,194$65,750

Median home value

$274,100$361,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
Under 5	2.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	23.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	19.3%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	17.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	5.9%	25.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	10.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	26.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.4%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
Drove alone	80.9%	55.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	34.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	12.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
1-unit, detached	95.8%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Forest	Paauilo
Poverty rate	29.3%	12.6%
Average household size	1.84	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	49	36
Median year structure built	2002	1938