Fern Forest vs Volcano Golf Course

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

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

Volcano Golf Course has the higher population (909 vs 880 in Fern Forest). Volcano Golf Course has the higher median household income ($138,726 vs $33,173 in Fern Forest). Volcano Golf Course has the higher median home value ($516,700 vs $173,800 in Fern Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
Population	880	909
Median age	53.6 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$138,726
Median home value	$173,800	$516,700
Housing units	523	446
Homeownership rate	86.6%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
Population	787 → 880 (+11.8%)	681 → 909 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $33,173 (+51.6%)	$85,938 → $138,726 (+61.4%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $173,800 (+36.3%)	$370,000 → $516,700 (+39.6%)
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

Volcano Golf Course

Population

681909

Median household income

$85,938$138,726

Median home value

$370,000$516,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
Under 5	2.3%	12.9%
5 to 17	7.8%	0.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	23.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	19.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.7%	26.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	63.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.4%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
Drove alone	80.9%	20.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	78.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Forest	Volcano Golf Course
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	Volcano Golf Course
Poverty rate	29.3%	1.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	49	34
Median year structure built	2002	1995