Kapaau vs Kealakekua

A side-by-side comparison of Kapaau and Kealakekua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kapaau has the higher population (2,029 vs 1,989 in Kealakekua). Kealakekua has the higher median household income ($79,332 vs $74,583 in Kapaau). Kapaau has the higher median home value ($577,600 vs $574,600 in Kealakekua).

Population, income & housing

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
Population	2,029	1,989
Median age	45.3 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$79,332
Median home value	$577,600	$574,600
Median gross rent	$1,497	$1,052
Housing units	746	783
Homeownership rate	83.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
Population	1,801 → 2,029 (+12.7%)	1,923 → 1,989 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$61,548 → $74,583 (+21.2%)	$61,908 → $79,332 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$368,800 → $577,600 (+56.6%)	$492,200 → $574,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,102 → $1,497 (+35.8%)	$772 → $1,052 (+36.3%)

Kapaau

Population

1,8012,029

Median household income

$61,548$74,583

Median home value

$368,800$577,600

Median gross rent

$1,102$1,497

Kealakekua

Population

1,9231,989

Median household income

$61,908$79,332

Median home value

$492,200$574,600

Median gross rent

$772$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
Under 5	1.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	17.1%
75 and over	11.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
White (non-Hispanic)	16.3%	14.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.6%	46.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.2%	11.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.0%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
No high school diploma	6.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	44.7%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
Drove alone	64.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	30.9%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
1-unit, detached	88.7%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapaau	Kealakekua
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.9%
Average household size	3.06	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1986	1980