Royal Hawaiian Estates vs Volcano Golf Course

A side-by-side comparison of Royal Hawaiian Estates and Volcano Golf Course: population, income, housing, and more.

Royal Hawaiian Estates and Volcano Golf Course are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Volcano Golf Course has the higher population (909 vs 889 in Royal Hawaiian Estates). Volcano Golf Course has the higher median household income ($138,726 vs $61,477 in Royal Hawaiian Estates). Volcano Golf Course has the higher median home value ($516,700 vs $243,800 in Royal Hawaiian Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
Population	889	909
Median age	47.9 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,477	$138,726
Median home value	$243,800	$516,700
Housing units	456	446
Homeownership rate	74.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
Population	1,303 → 889 (-31.8%)	681 → 909 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$56,971 → $61,477 (+7.9%)	$85,938 → $138,726 (+61.4%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $243,800 (+29.2%)	$370,000 → $516,700 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,396 (+3.6%)	—

Royal Hawaiian Estates

Population

1,303889

Median household income

$56,971$61,477

Median home value

$188,700$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,396

Volcano Golf Course

Population

681909

Median household income

$85,938$138,726

Median home value

$370,000$516,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
Under 5	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	0.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	28.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	3.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	8.9%
75 and over	2.8%	26.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
White (non-Hispanic)	21.8%	63.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.8%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	42.9%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
No high school diploma	17.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
Drove alone	79.0%	20.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	78.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Volcano Golf Course
Poverty rate	11.5%	1.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1998	1995