Pahoa vs Pepeekeo

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

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

Pepeekeo has the higher population (1,505 vs 1,430 in Pahoa). Pahoa has the higher median household income ($55,903 vs $52,276 in Pepeekeo). Pepeekeo has the higher median home value ($415,600 vs $312,500 in Pahoa).

Population, income & housing

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
Population	1,430	1,505
Median age	45.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,903	$52,276
Median home value	$312,500	$415,600
Median gross rent	$819	$805
Housing units	457	593
Homeownership rate	82.4%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
Population	805 → 1,430 (+77.6%)	1,518 → 1,505 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$48,816 → $55,903 (+14.5%)	$45,547 → $52,276 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$228,400 → $312,500 (+36.8%)	$283,100 → $415,600 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $819 (-2.3%)	$331 → $805 (+143.2%)

Pahoa

Population

8051,430

Median household income

$48,816$55,903

Median home value

$228,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$838$819

Pepeekeo

Population

1,5181,505

Median household income

$45,547$52,276

Median home value

$283,100$415,600

Median gross rent

$331$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.4%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.8%
75 and over	8.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	14.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	45.5%	26.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.1%	31.5%
Some other race	7.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	18.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
No high school diploma	11.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
Drove alone	94.8%	60.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	13.2%
Public transit	1.1%	12.3%
Walked	1.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
1-unit, detached	89.3%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pahoa	Pepeekeo
Poverty rate	33.6%	21.7%
Average household size	3.36	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	46
Median year structure built	1974	1977