Hawi vs Kealakekua

A side-by-side comparison of Hawi and Kealakekua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kealakekua has the higher population (1,989 vs 1,720 in Hawi). Hawi has the higher median household income ($85,197 vs $79,332 in Kealakekua). Hawi has the higher median home value ($662,500 vs $574,600 in Kealakekua).

Population, income & housing

	Hawi	Kealakekua
Population	1,720	1,989
Median age	42.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,197	$79,332
Median home value	$662,500	$574,600
Median gross rent	$1,898	$1,052
Housing units	717	783
Homeownership rate	76.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawi	Kealakekua
Population	1,166 → 1,720 (+47.5%)	1,923 → 1,989 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$62,031 → $85,197 (+37.3%)	$61,908 → $79,332 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$362,400 → $662,500 (+82.8%)	$492,200 → $574,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,898 (+65.9%)	$772 → $1,052 (+36.3%)

Hawi

Population

1,1661,720

Median household income

$62,031$85,197

Median home value

$362,400$662,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,898

Kealakekua

Population

1,9231,989

Median household income

$61,908$79,332

Median home value

$492,200$574,600

Median gross rent

$772$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawi	Kealakekua
Under 5	1.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	5.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	17.1%
75 and over	12.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawi	Kealakekua
White (non-Hispanic)	21.2%	14.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	46.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	14.1%	11.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	43.0%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawi	Kealakekua
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawi	Kealakekua
Drove alone	63.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	23.2%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	1.8%
Other means	1.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawi	Kealakekua
1-unit, detached	89.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawi	Kealakekua
Poverty rate	13.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1981	1980