Paauilo vs Paukaa

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

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

Paauilo has the higher population (634 vs 528 in Paukaa). Paukaa has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $65,750 in Paauilo). Paukaa has the higher median home value ($562,500 vs $361,100 in Paauilo).

Population, income & housing

	Paauilo	Paukaa
Population	634	528
Median age	42.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,750	$90,625
Median home value	$361,100	$562,500
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,482
Housing units	248	245
Homeownership rate	82.4%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paauilo	Paukaa
Population	586 → 634 (+8.2%)	637 → 528 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$63,194 → $65,750 (+4.0%)	$71,250 → $90,625 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$274,100 → $361,100 (+31.7%)	$403,700 → $562,500 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,117 (-0.7%)	$1,563 → $1,482 (-5.2%)

Paauilo

Population

586634

Median household income

$63,194$65,750

Median home value

$274,100$361,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,117

Paukaa

Population

637528

Median household income

$71,250$90,625

Median home value

$403,700$562,500

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paauilo	Paukaa
Under 5	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.8%
75 and over	8.7%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paauilo	Paukaa
White (non-Hispanic)	17.7%	43.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	25.1%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.6%	6.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	26.7%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paauilo	Paukaa
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	46.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paauilo	Paukaa
Drove alone	55.1%	65.4%
Carpooled	34.1%	17.1%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.9%	14.7%
Other means	3.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paauilo	Paukaa
1-unit, detached	88.7%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Paauilo	Paukaa
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1938	1958