Fern Forest vs Royal Hawaiian Estates

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

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

Royal Hawaiian Estates has the higher population (889 vs 880 in Fern Forest). Royal Hawaiian Estates has the higher median household income ($61,477 vs $33,173 in Fern Forest). Royal Hawaiian Estates has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $173,800 in Fern Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Population	880	889
Median age	53.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$61,477
Median home value	$173,800	$243,800
Housing units	523	456
Homeownership rate	86.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Population	787 → 880 (+11.8%)	1,303 → 889 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $33,173 (+51.6%)	$56,971 → $61,477 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $173,800 (+36.3%)	$188,700 → $243,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,047 (+24.9%)	$1,347 → $1,396 (+3.6%)

Fern Forest

Population

787880

Median household income

$21,875$33,173

Median home value

$127,500$173,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,047

Royal Hawaiian Estates

Population

1,303889

Median household income

$56,971$61,477

Median home value

$188,700$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	28.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	19.2%
65 to 74	19.3%	19.2%
75 and over	5.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	21.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	42.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian Estates
No high school diploma	5.3%	17.6%
High school graduate	38.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Drove alone	80.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Forest	Royal Hawaiian 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	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Poverty rate	29.3%	11.5%
Average household size	1.84	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	49	19
Median year structure built	2002	1998