East Kapolei vs Laie

A side-by-side comparison of East Kapolei and Laie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Kapolei has the higher population (6,200 vs 5,568 in Laie). Laie has the higher median household income ($119,219 vs $116,339 in East Kapolei). Laie has the higher median home value ($942,700 vs $743,600 in East Kapolei).

Population, income & housing

	East Kapolei	Laie
Population	6,200	5,568
Median age	27.8 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$116,339	$119,219
Median home value	$743,600	$942,700
Median gross rent	$1,947	$2,375
Housing units	1,793	1,272
Homeownership rate	48.8%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Kapolei	Laie
Population	2,127 → 6,200 (+191.5%)	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$79,280 → $116,339 (+46.7%)	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$685,800 → $743,600 (+8.4%)	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,947 (+67.6%)	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)

East Kapolei

Population

2,1276,200

Median household income

$79,280$116,339

Median home value

$685,800$743,600

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,947

Laie

Population

5,7045,568

Median household income

$95,208$119,219

Median home value

$756,000$942,700

Median gross rent

$1,789$2,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Kapolei	Laie
Under 5	8.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	33.1%
25 to 34	24.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	6.1%	5.0%
65 to 74	2.7%	4.5%
75 and over	0.8%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Kapolei	Laie
White (non-Hispanic)	8.5%	26.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.4%
Asian	32.5%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.5%	28.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	31.0%	27.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Kapolei	Laie
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Kapolei	Laie
Drove alone	65.9%	37.9%
Carpooled	24.6%	10.2%
Public transit	1.8%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	28.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.4%
Worked from home	4.5%	12.1%
Other means	3.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Kapolei	Laie
1-unit, detached	41.8%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	41.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	24.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	22.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Kapolei	Laie
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.4%
Average household size	3.45	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	2015	1975