Pahoa vs Papaikou

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

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

Pahoa has the higher population (1,430 vs 1,325 in Papaikou). Papaikou has the higher median household income ($80,972 vs $55,903 in Pahoa). Papaikou has the higher median home value ($431,100 vs $312,500 in Pahoa).

Population, income & housing

	Pahoa	Papaikou
Population	1,430	1,325
Median age	45.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,903	$80,972
Median home value	$312,500	$431,100
Median gross rent	$819	$1,489
Housing units	457	459
Homeownership rate	82.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pahoa	Papaikou
Population	805 → 1,430 (+77.6%)	971 → 1,325 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$48,816 → $55,903 (+14.5%)	$53,636 → $80,972 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$228,400 → $312,500 (+36.8%)	$247,200 → $431,100 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $819 (-2.3%)	$943 → $1,489 (+57.9%)

Pahoa

Population

8051,430

Median household income

$48,816$55,903

Median home value

$228,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$838$819

Papaikou

Population

9711,325

Median household income

$53,636$80,972

Median home value

$247,200$431,100

Median gross rent

$943$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pahoa	Papaikou
Under 5	6.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.0%
75 and over	8.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pahoa	Papaikou
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	10.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	45.5%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.1%	4.3%
Some other race	7.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	47.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pahoa	Papaikou
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pahoa	Papaikou
Drove alone	94.8%	70.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	23.4%
Public transit	1.1%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pahoa	Papaikou
1-unit, detached	89.3%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Pahoa	Papaikou
Poverty rate	33.6%	11.5%
Average household size	3.36	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1974	1964