Leilani Estates vs Papaikou

A side-by-side comparison of Leilani Estates and Papaikou: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leilani Estates has the higher population (1,415 vs 1,325 in Papaikou). Papaikou has the higher median household income ($80,972 vs $23,177 in Leilani Estates). Papaikou has the higher median home value ($431,100 vs $237,300 in Leilani Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
Population	1,415	1,325
Median age	52.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$23,177	$80,972
Median home value	$237,300	$431,100
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,489
Housing units	826	459
Homeownership rate	82.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
Population	1,576 → 1,415 (-10.2%)	971 → 1,325 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$37,632 → $23,177 (-38.4%)	$53,636 → $80,972 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$213,300 → $237,300 (+11.3%)	$247,200 → $431,100 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $1,295 (+94.4%)	$943 → $1,489 (+57.9%)

Leilani Estates

Population

1,5761,415

Median household income

$37,632$23,177

Median home value

$213,300$237,300

Median gross rent

$666$1,295

Papaikou

Population

9711,325

Median household income

$53,636$80,972

Median home value

$247,200$431,100

Median gross rent

$943$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
Under 5	2.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	21.7%	10.0%
75 and over	4.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	10.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.2%	4.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.1%	47.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
Drove alone	69.1%	70.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	5.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	1.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
1-unit, detached	98.4%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Leilani Estates	Papaikou
Poverty rate	34.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.08	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1995	1964