Naalehu vs Paauilo

A side-by-side comparison of Naalehu and Paauilo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Naalehu has the higher population (837 vs 634 in Paauilo). Naalehu has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $65,750 in Paauilo). Paauilo has the higher median home value ($361,100 vs $215,600 in Naalehu).

Population, income & housing

	Naalehu	Paauilo
Population	837	634
Median age	30.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$65,750
Median home value	$215,600	$361,100
Median gross rent	$1,551	$1,117
Housing units	304	248
Homeownership rate	68.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naalehu	Paauilo
Population	962 → 837 (-13.0%)	586 → 634 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $70,469 (+15.1%)	$63,194 → $65,750 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $215,600 (+25.1%)	$274,100 → $361,100 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,551 (+74.5%)	$1,125 → $1,117 (-0.7%)

Naalehu

Population

962837

Median household income

$61,250$70,469

Median home value

$172,400$215,600

Median gross rent

$889$1,551

Paauilo

Population

586634

Median household income

$63,194$65,750

Median home value

$274,100$361,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naalehu	Paauilo
Under 5	9.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.7%
75 and over	6.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naalehu	Paauilo
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	17.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	28.6%	25.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.6%	10.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.5%	26.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naalehu	Paauilo
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	47.4%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naalehu	Paauilo
Drove alone	49.7%	55.1%
Carpooled	34.2%	34.1%
Public transit	4.5%	2.6%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.9%
Other means	3.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naalehu	Paauilo
1-unit, detached	93.4%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Naalehu	Paauilo
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.6%
Average household size	3.69	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	44	36
Median year structure built	1948	1938