Naalehu vs Royal Hawaiian Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Naalehu and Royal Hawaiian Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Royal Hawaiian Estates has the higher population (889 vs 837 in Naalehu). Naalehu has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $61,477 in Royal Hawaiian Estates). Royal Hawaiian Estates has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $215,600 in Naalehu).

Population, income & housing

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Population	837	889
Median age	30.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$61,477
Median home value	$215,600	$243,800
Median gross rent	$1,551	—
Housing units	304	456
Homeownership rate	68.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Population	962 → 837 (-13.0%)	1,303 → 889 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $70,469 (+15.1%)	$56,971 → $61,477 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $215,600 (+25.1%)	$188,700 → $243,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,551 (+74.5%)	$1,347 → $1,396 (+3.6%)

Naalehu

Population

962837

Median household income

$61,250$70,469

Median home value

$172,400$215,600

Median gross rent

$889$1,551

Royal Hawaiian Estates

Population

1,303889

Median household income

$56,971$61,477

Median home value

$188,700$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Under 5	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	28.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	3.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	19.2%
75 and over	6.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	21.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.6%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.6%	8.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.5%	42.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
No high school diploma	9.8%	17.6%
High school graduate	47.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Drove alone	49.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	34.2%	3.6%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	17.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
1-unit, detached	93.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Naalehu	Royal Hawaiian Estates
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.5%
Average household size	3.69	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	44	19
Median year structure built	1948	1998