East Honolulu vs Urban Honolulu

A side-by-side comparison of East Honolulu and Urban Honolulu: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Urban Honolulu has the higher population (346,323 vs 50,961 in East Honolulu). East Honolulu has the higher median household income ($158,398 vs $85,428 in Urban Honolulu). East Honolulu has the higher median home value ($1,172,300 vs $834,100 in Urban Honolulu).

Population, income & housing

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
Population	50,961	346,323
Median age	49.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$158,398	$85,428
Median home value	$1,172,300	$834,100
Median gross rent	$3,249	$1,783
Housing units	19,432	156,251
Homeownership rate	83.5%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.6%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
Population	47,540 → 50,961 (+7.2%)	348,985 → 346,323 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$133,165 → $158,398 (+18.9%)	$71,465 → $85,428 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$959,800 → $1,172,300 (+22.1%)	$683,000 → $834,100 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,666 → $3,249 (+21.9%)	$1,491 → $1,783 (+19.6%)

East Honolulu

Population

47,54050,961

Median household income

$133,165$158,398

Median home value

$959,800$1,172,300

Median gross rent

$2,666$3,249

Urban Honolulu

Population

348,985346,323

Median household income

$71,465$85,428

Median home value

$683,000$834,100

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.5%
75 and over	14.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	15.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	45.7%	52.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	8.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	21.5%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
No high school diploma	2.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	13.9%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
Drove alone	64.2%	55.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	14.2%
Public transit	1.8%	7.9%
Walked	1.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.8%
Worked from home	16.7%	8.9%
Other means	2.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
1-unit, detached	70.2%	27.2%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	13.1%	48.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	East Honolulu	Urban Honolulu
Poverty rate	4.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1975	1973