Hilo vs Kaiminani

A side-by-side comparison of Hilo and Kaiminani: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hilo has the higher population (48,223 vs 11,542 in Kaiminani). Kaiminani has the higher median household income ($101,320 vs $78,713 in Hilo). Kaiminani has the higher median home value ($761,300 vs $455,100 in Hilo).

Population, income & housing

	Hilo	Kaiminani
Population	48,223	11,542
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,713	$101,320
Median home value	$455,100	$761,300
Median gross rent	$1,347	$1,338
Housing units	18,905	4,757
Homeownership rate	65.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilo	Kaiminani
Population	45,056 → 48,223 (+7.0%)	11,276 → 11,542 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$63,283 → $78,713 (+24.4%)	$80,716 → $101,320 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$329,200 → $455,100 (+38.2%)	$594,300 → $761,300 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $1,347 (+28.9%)	$1,205 → $1,338 (+11.0%)

Hilo

Population

45,05648,223

Median household income

$63,283$78,713

Median home value

$329,200$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,347

Kaiminani

Population

11,27611,542

Median household income

$80,716$101,320

Median home value

$594,300$761,300

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilo	Kaiminani
Under 5	3.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.2%
75 and over	10.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilo	Kaiminani
White (non-Hispanic)	15.6%	41.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	31.5%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.1%	18.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	27.1%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilo	Kaiminani
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilo	Kaiminani
Drove alone	70.8%	74.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	2.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	9.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilo	Kaiminani
1-unit, detached	77.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hilo	Kaiminani
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1978	1994