Keaau vs Papaikou

A side-by-side comparison of Keaau and Papaikou: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Papaikou has the higher population (1,325 vs 1,210 in Keaau). Papaikou has the higher median household income ($80,972 vs $64,688 in Keaau). Papaikou has the higher median home value ($431,100 vs $320,000 in Keaau).

Population, income & housing

	Keaau	Papaikou
Population	1,210	1,325
Median age	43.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,688	$80,972
Median home value	$320,000	$431,100
Median gross rent	$763	$1,489
Housing units	508	459
Homeownership rate	62.1%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keaau	Papaikou
Population	2,613 → 1,210 (-53.7%)	971 → 1,325 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$65,521 → $64,688 (-1.3%)	$53,636 → $80,972 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$338,900 → $320,000 (-5.6%)	$247,200 → $431,100 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $763 (-33.1%)	$943 → $1,489 (+57.9%)

Keaau

Population

2,6131,210

Median household income

$65,521$64,688

Median home value

$338,900$320,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$763

Papaikou

Population

9711,325

Median household income

$53,636$80,972

Median home value

$247,200$431,100

Median gross rent

$943$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keaau	Papaikou
Under 5	9.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	17.3%	10.0%
75 and over	10.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keaau	Papaikou
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	10.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	42.4%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.2%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.4%	47.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keaau	Papaikou
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	45.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keaau	Papaikou
Drove alone	74.5%	70.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	23.4%
Public transit	2.4%	1.4%
Walked	0.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keaau	Papaikou
1-unit, detached	78.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Keaau	Papaikou
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.66	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1976	1964