Kurtistown vs Orchidlands Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Kurtistown and Orchidlands Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orchidlands Estates has the higher population (3,180 vs 2,928 in Kurtistown). Kurtistown has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $70,996 in Orchidlands Estates). Kurtistown has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $334,500 in Orchidlands Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
Population	2,928	3,180
Median age	49.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$70,996
Median home value	$441,200	$334,500
Median gross rent	$1,343	$1,524
Housing units	1,090	1,246
Homeownership rate	87.9%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
Population	1,199 → 2,928 (+144.2%)	3,139 → 3,180 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$65,417 → $78,750 (+20.4%)	$49,057 → $70,996 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$308,600 → $441,200 (+43.0%)	$259,300 → $334,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,400 → $1,343 (-4.1%)	$1,172 → $1,524 (+30.0%)

Kurtistown

Population

1,1992,928

Median household income

$65,417$78,750

Median home value

$308,600$441,200

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,343

Orchidlands Estates

Population

3,1393,180

Median household income

$49,057$70,996

Median home value

$259,300$334,500

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,524

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
Under 5	4.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	6.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	18.6%	11.7%
75 and over	10.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	31.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	44.8%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	16.9%	10.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.8%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	26.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
Drove alone	76.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	4.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	15.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
1-unit, detached	93.9%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
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

	Kurtistown	Orchidlands Estates
Poverty rate	8.1%	21.4%
Average household size	3.08	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1993	1996