Kahaluu-Keauhou vs Kailua

A side-by-side comparison of Kahaluu-Keauhou and Kailua: population, income, housing, and more.

Kahaluu-Keauhou and Kailua are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kailua has the higher population (21,851 vs 6,670 in Kahaluu-Keauhou). Kahaluu-Keauhou has the higher median household income ($93,594 vs $86,743 in Kailua). Kahaluu-Keauhou has the higher median home value ($830,600 vs $649,400 in Kailua).

Population, income & housing

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
Population	6,670	21,851
Median age	51.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,594	$86,743
Median home value	$830,600	$649,400
Median gross rent	$2,005	$1,747
Housing units	3,509	10,009
Homeownership rate	76.0%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
Population	5,291 → 6,670 (+26.1%)	15,231 → 21,851 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$86,715 → $93,594 (+7.9%)	$72,267 → $86,743 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$657,300 → $830,600 (+26.4%)	$461,900 → $649,400 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,719 → $2,005 (+16.6%)	$1,208 → $1,747 (+44.6%)

Kahaluu-Keauhou

Population

5,2916,670

Median household income

$86,715$93,594

Median home value

$657,300$830,600

Median gross rent

$1,719$2,005

Kailua

Population

15,23121,851

Median household income

$72,267$86,743

Median home value

$461,900$649,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	21.6%	11.9%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	41.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	23.4%	18.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.8%	14.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.2%	19.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	22.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
Drove alone	71.5%	60.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	22.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
1-unit, detached	51.4%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	25.9%
20 or more units	16.8%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahaluu-Keauhou	Kailua
Poverty rate	10.4%	13.4%
Average household size	3.13	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1982	1985