Kukuihaele vs Volcano

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

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

Volcano has the higher population (580 vs 366 in Kukuihaele). Volcano has the higher median home value ($602,500 vs $571,400 in Kukuihaele). Since 2019, Kukuihaele's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -83.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
Population	366	580
Median age	46.6 yrs	68.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,135
Median home value	$571,400	$602,500
Median gross rent	$1,078	—
Housing units	156	441
Homeownership rate	80.6%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
Population	347 → 366 (+5.5%)	3,570 → 580 (-83.8%)
Median household income	$64,464 → $86,250 (+33.8%)	$55,612 → $72,135 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$392,900 → $571,400 (+45.4%)	$226,700 → $602,500 (+165.8%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,078 (+15.2%)	—

Kukuihaele

Population

347366

Median household income

$64,464$86,250

Median home value

$392,900$571,400

Median gross rent

$936$1,078

Volcano

Population

3,570580

Median household income

$55,612$72,135

Median home value

$226,700$602,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
Under 5	6.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	2.9%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	2.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	4.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	27.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	36.9%
75 and over	5.7%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	52.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	35.2%	9.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.1%	19.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
Drove alone	58.7%	46.4%
Carpooled	20.2%	7.2%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	42.6%
Other means	11.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
1-unit, detached	98.1%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kukuihaele	Volcano
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.73	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	50	49
Median year structure built	1938	1996