Honokaa vs Kurtistown

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

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

Kurtistown has the higher population (2,928 vs 2,353 in Honokaa). Honokaa has the higher median household income ($85,556 vs $78,750 in Kurtistown). Honokaa has the higher median home value ($551,800 vs $441,200 in Kurtistown).

Population, income & housing

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
Population	2,353	2,928
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,556	$78,750
Median home value	$551,800	$441,200
Median gross rent	$1,145	$1,343
Housing units	757	1,090
Homeownership rate	77.1%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
Population	2,079 → 2,353 (+13.2%)	1,199 → 2,928 (+144.2%)
Median household income	$65,882 → $85,556 (+29.9%)	$65,417 → $78,750 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$350,900 → $551,800 (+57.3%)	$308,600 → $441,200 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $1,145 (+10.2%)	$1,400 → $1,343 (-4.1%)

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

Kurtistown

Population

1,1992,928

Median household income

$65,417$78,750

Median home value

$308,600$441,200

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
Under 5	5.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	4.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.6%
75 and over	9.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	12.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	31.0%	44.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.4%	16.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.8%	19.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
No high school diploma	11.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
Drove alone	58.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	35.4%	13.6%
Public transit	5.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
1-unit, detached	92.3%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Honokaa	Kurtistown
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.1%
Average household size	3.59	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1962	1993