Paauilo vs Waikoloa Beach Resort

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

Paauilo 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.

Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher population (737 vs 634 in Paauilo). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median household income ($83,438 vs $65,750 in Paauilo). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median home value ($1,168,900 vs $361,100 in Paauilo).

Population, income & housing

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	634	737
Median age	42.5 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,750	$83,438
Median home value	$361,100	$1,168,900
Median gross rent	$1,117	$3,501
Housing units	248	2,447
Homeownership rate	82.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	586 → 634 (+8.2%)	606 → 737 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$63,194 → $65,750 (+4.0%)	$110,833 → $83,438 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$274,100 → $361,100 (+31.7%)	$803,900 → $1,168,900 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,117 (-0.7%)	$2,594 → $3,501 (+35.0%)

Paauilo

Population

586634

Median household income

$63,194$65,750

Median home value

$274,100$361,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,117

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)

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	4.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	0.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	2.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	44.9%
75 and over	8.7%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
White (non-Hispanic)	17.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	25.1%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	26.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.5%
High school graduate	46.6%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Drove alone	55.1%	51.2%
Carpooled	34.1%	0.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	4.9%	38.4%
Other means	3.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
1-unit, detached	88.7%	11.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	68.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paauilo	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Poverty rate	12.6%	26.3%
Average household size	2.87	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1938	2003