Honomu vs Puako

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

Honomu and Puako 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 302 in Puako). Puako has the higher median household income ($116,250 vs $69,063 in Honomu). Puako has the higher median home value ($1,781,300 vs $433,800 in Honomu).

Population, income & housing

	Honomu	Puako
Population	370	302
Median age	45.0 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$116,250
Median home value	$433,800	$1,781,300
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,964
Housing units	198	291
Homeownership rate	76.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honomu	Puako
Population	488 → 370 (-24.2%)	908 → 302 (-66.7%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $69,063 (+7.6%)	$106,731 → $116,250 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $433,800 (+54.8%)	$879,200 → $1,781,300 (+102.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,450 (-0.5%)	$1,934 → $1,964 (+1.6%)

Honomu

Population

488370

Median household income

$64,167$69,063

Median home value

$280,200$433,800

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,450

Puako

Population

908302

Median household income

$106,731$116,250

Median home value

$879,200$1,781,300

Median gross rent

$1,934$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honomu	Puako
Under 5	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	2.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	20.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	31.8%
75 and over	8.9%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honomu	Puako
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	68.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	23.2%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.4%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	31.6%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honomu	Puako
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honomu	Puako
Drove alone	59.4%	64.8%
Carpooled	18.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.8%
Worked from home	21.1%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honomu	Puako
1-unit, detached	98.0%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Honomu	Puako
Poverty rate	4.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.34	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	36	35
Median year structure built	1959	1982