Kukuihaele vs Puako

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

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

Kukuihaele has the higher population (366 vs 302 in Puako). Puako has the higher median home value ($1,781,300 vs $571,400 in Kukuihaele). Since 2019, Kukuihaele's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -66.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Kukuihaele	Puako
Population	366	302
Median age	46.6 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$116,250
Median home value	$571,400	$1,781,300
Median gross rent	$1,078	$1,964
Housing units	156	291
Homeownership rate	80.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kukuihaele	Puako
Population	347 → 366 (+5.5%)	908 → 302 (-66.7%)
Median household income	$64,464 → $86,250 (+33.8%)	$106,731 → $116,250 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$392,900 → $571,400 (+45.4%)	$879,200 → $1,781,300 (+102.6%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,078 (+15.2%)	$1,934 → $1,964 (+1.6%)

Kukuihaele

Population

347366

Median household income

$64,464$86,250

Median home value

$392,900$571,400

Median gross rent

$936$1,078

Puako

Population

908302

Median household income

$106,731$116,250

Median home value

$879,200$1,781,300

Median gross rent

$1,934$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kukuihaele	Puako
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	2.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	19.7%	20.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	31.8%
75 and over	5.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kukuihaele	Puako
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	5.5%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	35.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	19.1%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kukuihaele	Puako
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kukuihaele	Puako
Drove alone	58.7%	64.8%
Carpooled	20.2%	5.7%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.8%
Worked from home	3.7%	18.2%
Other means	11.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kukuihaele	Puako
1-unit, detached	98.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kukuihaele	Puako
Poverty rate	12.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.73	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	50	35
Median year structure built	1938	1982