Kukuihaele vs Paukaa

A side-by-side comparison of Kukuihaele and Paukaa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paukaa has the higher population (528 vs 366 in Kukuihaele). Kukuihaele has the higher median home value ($571,400 vs $562,500 in Paukaa). Since 2019, Kukuihaele's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
Population	366	528
Median age	46.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$90,625
Median home value	$571,400	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,078	$1,482
Housing units	156	245
Homeownership rate	80.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
Population	347 → 366 (+5.5%)	637 → 528 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$64,464 → $86,250 (+33.8%)	$71,250 → $90,625 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$392,900 → $571,400 (+45.4%)	$403,700 → $562,500 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,078 (+15.2%)	$1,563 → $1,482 (-5.2%)

Kukuihaele

Population

347366

Median household income

$64,464$86,250

Median home value

$392,900$571,400

Median gross rent

$936$1,078

Paukaa

Population

637528

Median household income

$71,250$90,625

Median home value

$403,700$562,500

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
Under 5	6.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	17.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.8%
75 and over	5.7%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	43.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	35.2%	6.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	19.1%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	46.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
Drove alone	58.7%	65.4%
Carpooled	20.2%	17.1%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	3.7%	14.7%
Other means	11.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
1-unit, detached	98.1%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kukuihaele	Paukaa
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	50	26
Median year structure built	1938	1958