Papaikou vs Pepeekeo

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

Papaikou 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 1,325 in Papaikou). Papaikou has the higher median household income ($80,972 vs $52,276 in Pepeekeo). Papaikou has the higher median home value ($431,100 vs $415,600 in Pepeekeo).

Population, income & housing

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
Population	1,325	1,505
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,972	$52,276
Median home value	$431,100	$415,600
Median gross rent	$1,489	$805
Housing units	459	593
Homeownership rate	70.0%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
Population	971 → 1,325 (+36.5%)	1,518 → 1,505 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$53,636 → $80,972 (+51.0%)	$45,547 → $52,276 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$247,200 → $431,100 (+74.4%)	$283,100 → $415,600 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,489 (+57.9%)	$331 → $805 (+143.2%)

Papaikou

Population

9711,325

Median household income

$53,636$80,972

Median home value

$247,200$431,100

Median gross rent

$943$1,489

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)

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
Under 5	3.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	5.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.8%
75 and over	3.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
White (non-Hispanic)	10.4%	14.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.4%	26.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.3%	31.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	47.1%	18.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
Drove alone	70.0%	60.1%
Carpooled	23.4%	13.2%
Public transit	1.4%	12.3%
Walked	3.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
1-unit, detached	94.3%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Papaikou	Pepeekeo
Poverty rate	11.5%	21.7%
Average household size	3.55	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	46
Median year structure built	1964	1977