Honalo vs Laupahoehoe

A side-by-side comparison of Honalo and Laupahoehoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Honalo has the higher population (1,057 vs 995 in Laupahoehoe). Laupahoehoe has the higher median household income ($66,071 vs $65,000 in Honalo). Laupahoehoe has the higher median home value ($583,300 vs $578,800 in Honalo).

Population, income & housing

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
Population	1,057	995
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$66,071
Median home value	$578,800	$583,300
Median gross rent	$850	$1,272
Housing units	405	447
Homeownership rate	61.5%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
Population	2,254 → 1,057 (-53.1%)	528 → 995 (+88.4%)
Median household income	$55,152 → $65,000 (+17.9%)	$71,750 → $66,071 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$400,700 → $578,800 (+44.4%)	$454,100 → $583,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $850 (-34.3%)	$1,234 → $1,272 (+3.1%)

Honalo

Population

2,2541,057

Median household income

$55,152$65,000

Median home value

$400,700$578,800

Median gross rent

$1,293$850

Laupahoehoe

Population

528995

Median household income

$71,750$66,071

Median home value

$454,100$583,300

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	2.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.0%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	30.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	22.1%	19.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.4%	13.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.7%	20.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
No high school diploma	10.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
Drove alone	74.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	16.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
1-unit, detached	88.6%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Honalo	Laupahoehoe
Poverty rate	12.3%	26.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	44
Median year structure built	1977	1971