Keaau vs Wainaku

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

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

Keaau has the higher population (1,210 vs 1,082 in Wainaku). Wainaku has the higher median household income ($72,188 vs $64,688 in Keaau). Wainaku has the higher median home value ($532,400 vs $320,000 in Keaau).

Population, income & housing

	Keaau	Wainaku
Population	1,210	1,082
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,688	$72,188
Median home value	$320,000	$532,400
Median gross rent	$763	$1,100
Housing units	508	426
Homeownership rate	62.1%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keaau	Wainaku
Population	2,613 → 1,210 (-53.7%)	1,301 → 1,082 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$65,521 → $64,688 (-1.3%)	$52,500 → $72,188 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$338,900 → $320,000 (-5.6%)	$290,300 → $532,400 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $763 (-33.1%)	$1,375 → $1,100 (-20.0%)

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

Wainaku

Population

1,3011,082

Median household income

$52,500$72,188

Median home value

$290,300$532,400

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keaau	Wainaku
Under 5	9.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.7%
75 and over	10.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keaau	Wainaku
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	22.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	42.4%	26.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.2%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.4%	42.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keaau	Wainaku
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	45.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keaau	Wainaku
Drove alone	74.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.6%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keaau	Wainaku
1-unit, detached	78.0%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keaau	Wainaku
Poverty rate	13.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1976	1971