Naalehu vs Waikoloa Beach Resort

A side-by-side comparison of Naalehu and Waikoloa Beach Resort: population, income, housing, and more.

Naalehu and Waikoloa Beach Resort 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 737 in Waikoloa Beach Resort). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median household income ($83,438 vs $70,469 in Naalehu). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median home value ($1,168,900 vs $215,600 in Naalehu).

Population, income & housing

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	837	737
Median age	30.2 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$83,438
Median home value	$215,600	$1,168,900
Median gross rent	$1,551	$3,501
Housing units	304	2,447
Homeownership rate	68.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	962 → 837 (-13.0%)	606 → 737 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $70,469 (+15.1%)	$110,833 → $83,438 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $215,600 (+25.1%)	$803,900 → $1,168,900 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,551 (+74.5%)	$2,594 → $3,501 (+35.0%)

Naalehu

Population

962837

Median household income

$61,250$70,469

Median home value

$172,400$215,600

Median gross rent

$889$1,551

Waikoloa Beach Resort

Population

606737

Median household income

$110,833$83,438

Median home value

$803,900$1,168,900

Median gross rent

$2,594$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Under 5	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	4.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	0.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	2.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	17.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	44.9%
75 and over	6.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.6%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	35.5%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
No high school diploma	9.8%	0.5%
High school graduate	47.4%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Drove alone	49.7%	51.2%
Carpooled	34.2%	0.0%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	1.6%	38.4%
Other means	3.2%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
1-unit, detached	93.4%	11.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	68.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Naalehu	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Poverty rate	10.3%	26.3%
Average household size	3.69	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	44	34
Median year structure built	1948	2003