Honokaa vs Kealakekua

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

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

Honokaa has the higher population (2,353 vs 1,989 in Kealakekua). Honokaa has the higher median household income ($85,556 vs $79,332 in Kealakekua). Kealakekua has the higher median home value ($574,600 vs $551,800 in Honokaa).

Population, income & housing

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
Population	2,353	1,989
Median age	41.1 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,556	$79,332
Median home value	$551,800	$574,600
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,052
Housing units	757	783
Homeownership rate	77.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
Population	2,079 → 2,353 (+13.2%)	1,923 → 1,989 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$65,882 → $85,556 (+29.9%)	$61,908 → $79,332 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$350,900 → $551,800 (+57.3%)	$492,200 → $574,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $1,145 (+10.2%)	$772 → $1,052 (+36.3%)

Honokaa

Population

2,0792,353

Median household income

$65,882$85,556

Median home value

$350,900$551,800

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,145

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)

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	17.1%
75 and over	9.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	14.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	31.0%	46.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.4%	11.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.8%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
No high school diploma	11.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
Drove alone	58.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	35.4%	15.9%
Public transit	5.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
1-unit, detached	92.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Honokaa	Kealakekua
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.9%
Average household size	3.59	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1962	1980