Halaula vs Keaau

A side-by-side comparison of Halaula and Keaau: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keaau has the higher population (1,210 vs 1,049 in Halaula). Halaula has the higher median household income ($65,694 vs $64,688 in Keaau). Halaula has the higher median home value ($534,300 vs $320,000 in Keaau).

Population, income & housing

	Halaula	Keaau
Population	1,049	1,210
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,694	$64,688
Median home value	$534,300	$320,000
Median gross rent	—	$763
Housing units	271	508
Homeownership rate	62.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halaula	Keaau
Population	640 → 1,049 (+63.9%)	2,613 → 1,210 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$82,885 → $65,694 (-20.7%)	$65,521 → $64,688 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$378,900 → $534,300 (+41.0%)	$338,900 → $320,000 (-5.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $583 (-50.2%)	$1,141 → $763 (-33.1%)

Halaula

Population

6401,049

Median household income

$82,885$65,694

Median home value

$378,900$534,300

Median gross rent

$1,170$583

Keaau

Population

2,6131,210

Median household income

$65,521$64,688

Median home value

$338,900$320,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halaula	Keaau
Under 5	7.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	27.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	7.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	17.3%
75 and over	11.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halaula	Keaau
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	7.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	42.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	14.6%	10.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.2%	34.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halaula	Keaau
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halaula	Keaau
Drove alone	72.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	16.8%	14.8%
Public transit	1.9%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halaula	Keaau
1-unit, detached	92.3%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halaula	Keaau
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.5%
Average household size	4.18	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1965	1976