Nanawale Estates vs Pahoa

A side-by-side comparison of Nanawale Estates and Pahoa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nanawale Estates has the higher population (1,440 vs 1,430 in Pahoa). Pahoa has the higher median household income ($55,903 vs $24,980 in Nanawale Estates). Pahoa has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $222,300 in Nanawale Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
Population	1,440	1,430
Median age	36.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,980	$55,903
Median home value	$222,300	$312,500
Median gross rent	$897	$819
Housing units	673	457
Homeownership rate	66.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
Population	1,707 → 1,440 (-15.6%)	805 → 1,430 (+77.6%)
Median household income	$52,614 → $24,980 (-52.5%)	$48,816 → $55,903 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $222,300 (+55.0%)	$228,400 → $312,500 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $897 (-16.8%)	$838 → $819 (-2.3%)

Nanawale Estates

Population

1,7071,440

Median household income

$52,614$24,980

Median home value

$143,400$222,300

Median gross rent

$1,078$897

Pahoa

Population

8051,430

Median household income

$48,816$55,903

Median home value

$228,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$838$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
Under 5	8.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	15.3%
75 and over	4.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
White (non-Hispanic)	21.5%	23.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	45.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	17.6%	3.1%
Some other race	0.8%	7.3%
Two or more races	24.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
No high school diploma	20.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	32.1%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
Drove alone	83.6%	94.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.8%
Public transit	8.8%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
1-unit, detached	91.7%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nanawale Estates	Pahoa
Poverty rate	47.2%	33.6%
Average household size	2.43	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1986	1974