Naalehu vs Volcano Golf Course

A side-by-side comparison of Naalehu and Volcano Golf Course: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Volcano Golf Course has the higher population (909 vs 837 in Naalehu). Volcano Golf Course has the higher median household income ($138,726 vs $70,469 in Naalehu). Volcano Golf Course has the higher median home value ($516,700 vs $215,600 in Naalehu).

Population, income & housing

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
Population	837	909
Median age	30.2 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$138,726
Median home value	$215,600	$516,700
Median gross rent	$1,551	—
Housing units	304	446
Homeownership rate	68.7%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
Population	962 → 837 (-13.0%)	681 → 909 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $70,469 (+15.1%)	$85,938 → $138,726 (+61.4%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $215,600 (+25.1%)	$370,000 → $516,700 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,551 (+74.5%)	—

Naalehu

Population

962837

Median household income

$61,250$70,469

Median home value

$172,400$215,600

Median gross rent

$889$1,551

Volcano Golf Course

Population

681909

Median household income

$85,938$138,726

Median home value

$370,000$516,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
Under 5	9.2%	12.9%
5 to 17	26.0%	0.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	13.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.9%
75 and over	6.1%	26.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	63.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.6%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.5%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.4%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
Drove alone	49.7%	20.3%
Carpooled	34.2%	0.0%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	78.0%
Other means	3.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naalehu	Volcano Golf Course
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	Volcano Golf Course
Poverty rate	10.3%	1.1%
Average household size	3.69	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	44	34
Median year structure built	1948	1995