Honomu vs Kukuihaele

A side-by-side comparison of Honomu and Kukuihaele: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Honomu has the higher population (370 vs 366 in Kukuihaele). Kukuihaele has the higher median home value ($571,400 vs $433,800 in Honomu). Since 2019, Kukuihaele's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -24.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
Population	370	366
Median age	45.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	—
Median home value	$433,800	$571,400
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,078
Housing units	198	156
Homeownership rate	76.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	19.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
Population	488 → 370 (-24.2%)	347 → 366 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $69,063 (+7.6%)	$64,464 → $86,250 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $433,800 (+54.8%)	$392,900 → $571,400 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,450 (-0.5%)	$936 → $1,078 (+15.2%)

Honomu

Population

488370

Median household income

$64,167$69,063

Median home value

$280,200$433,800

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,450

Kukuihaele

Population

347366

Median household income

$64,464$86,250

Median home value

$392,900$571,400

Median gross rent

$936$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.3%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	14.9%	14.2%
75 and over	8.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	37.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.2%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.4%	35.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.6%	19.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	21.7%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
Drove alone	59.4%	58.7%
Carpooled	18.9%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	6.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	11.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
1-unit, detached	98.0%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Honomu	Kukuihaele
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	36	50
Median year structure built	1959	1938