Kalapana vs Puako

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

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

Puako has the higher population (302 vs 75 in Kalapana). Puako has the higher median household income ($116,250 vs $27,321 in Kalapana). Puako has the higher median home value ($1,781,300 vs $258,300 in Kalapana).

Population, income & housing

	Kalapana	Puako
Population	75	302
Median age	64.3 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,321	$116,250
Median home value	$258,300	$1,781,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,964
Housing units	59	291
Homeownership rate	89.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	55.6%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalapana	Puako
Population	34 → 75 (+120.6%)	908 → 302 (-66.7%)
Median household income	$27,212 → $27,321 (+0.4%)	$106,731 → $116,250 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$252,500 → $258,300 (+2.3%)	$879,200 → $1,781,300 (+102.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,934 → $1,964 (+1.6%)

Kalapana

Population

3475

Median household income

$27,212$27,321

Median home value

$252,500$258,300

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)

	Kalapana	Puako
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	8.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	2.3%
35 to 44	4.0%	2.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	25.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	44.0%	31.8%
75 and over	4.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalapana	Puako
White (non-Hispanic)	45.3%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.3%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	49.3%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalapana	Puako
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	7.6%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalapana	Puako
Drove alone	75.0%	64.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	25.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalapana	Puako
1-unit, detached	96.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Kalapana	Puako
Poverty rate	33.3%	8.9%
Average household size	1.53	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	2011	1982