Puako vs Tiki Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Puako and Tiki Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tiki Gardens has the higher population (362 vs 302 in Puako). Puako has the higher median household income ($116,250 vs $21,546 in Tiki Gardens). Puako has the higher median home value ($1,781,300 vs $277,300 in Tiki Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
Population	302	362
Median age	63.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$116,250	$21,546
Median home value	$1,781,300	$277,300
Median gross rent	$1,964	$1,363
Housing units	291	169
Homeownership rate	73.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	17.8%	68.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
Population	908 → 302 (-66.7%)	529 → 362 (-31.6%)
Median household income	$106,731 → $116,250 (+8.9%)	$22,580 → $21,546 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$879,200 → $1,781,300 (+102.6%)	$137,500 → $277,300 (+101.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,934 → $1,964 (+1.6%)	—

Puako

Population

908302

Median household income

$106,731$116,250

Median home value

$879,200$1,781,300

Median gross rent

$1,934$1,964

Tiki Gardens

Population

529362

Median household income

$22,580$21,546

Median home value

$137,500$277,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	2.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	2.0%	4.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	34.3%
55 to 64	20.2%	3.9%
65 to 74	31.8%	23.5%
75 and over	12.6%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	11.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	69.9%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	13.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
No high school diploma	1.6%	32.4%
High school graduate	13.7%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	6.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
Drove alone	64.8%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	0.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
1-unit, detached	80.8%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Puako	Tiki Gardens
Poverty rate	8.9%	74.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1982	1996