Honomu vs Paukaa

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

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

Paukaa has the higher population (528 vs 370 in Honomu). Paukaa has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $69,063 in Honomu). Paukaa has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $433,800 in Honomu).

Population, income & housing

	Honomu	Paukaa
Population	370	528
Median age	45.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$90,625
Median home value	$433,800	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,482
Housing units	198	245
Homeownership rate	76.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honomu	Paukaa
Population	488 → 370 (-24.2%)	637 → 528 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $69,063 (+7.6%)	$71,250 → $90,625 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $433,800 (+54.8%)	$403,700 → $562,500 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,450 (-0.5%)	$1,563 → $1,482 (-5.2%)

Honomu

Population

488370

Median household income

$64,167$69,063

Median home value

$280,200$433,800

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,450

Paukaa

Population

637528

Median household income

$71,250$90,625

Median home value

$403,700$562,500

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honomu	Paukaa
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	3.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.8%
75 and over	8.9%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honomu	Paukaa
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	43.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.2%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.4%	6.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	31.6%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honomu	Paukaa
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	21.7%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honomu	Paukaa
Drove alone	59.4%	65.4%
Carpooled	18.9%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	21.1%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honomu	Paukaa
1-unit, detached	98.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Honomu	Paukaa
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1959	1958