Honomu vs Volcano

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

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

Volcano has the higher population (580 vs 370 in Honomu). Volcano has the higher median household income ($72,135 vs $69,063 in Honomu). Volcano has the higher median home value ($602,500 vs $433,800 in Honomu).

Population, income & housing

	Honomu	Volcano
Population	370	580
Median age	45.0 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$72,135
Median home value	$433,800	$602,500
Median gross rent	$1,450	—
Housing units	198	441
Homeownership rate	76.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honomu	Volcano
Population	488 → 370 (-24.2%)	3,570 → 580 (-83.8%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $69,063 (+7.6%)	$55,612 → $72,135 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $433,800 (+54.8%)	$226,700 → $602,500 (+165.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,450 (-0.5%)	—

Honomu

Population

488370

Median household income

$64,167$69,063

Median home value

$280,200$433,800

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,450

Volcano

Population

3,570580

Median household income

$55,612$72,135

Median home value

$226,700$602,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honomu	Volcano
Under 5	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	17.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	4.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	27.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	36.9%
75 and over	8.9%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honomu	Volcano
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	52.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	23.2%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.4%	9.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.6%	19.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honomu	Volcano
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honomu	Volcano
Drove alone	59.4%	46.4%
Carpooled	18.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	42.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honomu	Volcano
1-unit, detached	98.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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	Volcano
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.34	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	36	49
Median year structure built	1959	1996