Kealakekua vs Pahala

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

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

Kealakekua has the higher population (1,989 vs 1,785 in Pahala). Kealakekua has the higher median household income ($79,332 vs $71,908 in Pahala). Kealakekua has the higher median home value ($574,600 vs $216,600 in Pahala).

Population, income & housing

	Kealakekua	Pahala
Population	1,989	1,785
Median age	47.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,332	$71,908
Median home value	$574,600	$216,600
Median gross rent	$1,052	$650
Housing units	783	521
Homeownership rate	67.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kealakekua	Pahala
Population	1,923 → 1,989 (+3.4%)	1,827 → 1,785 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$61,908 → $79,332 (+28.1%)	$65,302 → $71,908 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$492,200 → $574,600 (+16.7%)	$202,900 → $216,600 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $1,052 (+36.3%)	$825 → $650 (-21.2%)

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

Pahala

Population

1,8271,785

Median household income

$65,302$71,908

Median home value

$202,900$216,600

Median gross rent

$825$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kealakekua	Pahala
Under 5	6.3%	14.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	17.1%	13.3%
75 and over	10.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kealakekua	Pahala
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	7.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	46.1%	27.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.5%	6.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.3%	25.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kealakekua	Pahala
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	25.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kealakekua	Pahala
Drove alone	78.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	15.9%	16.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	11.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kealakekua	Pahala
1-unit, detached	77.4%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kealakekua	Pahala
Poverty rate	4.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.83	3.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1980	1975