Ewa Beach vs Royal Kunia

A side-by-side comparison of Ewa Beach and Royal Kunia: population, income, housing, and more.

Ewa Beach and Royal Kunia are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ewa Beach has the higher population (15,388 vs 13,687 in Royal Kunia). Royal Kunia has the higher median household income ($133,579 vs $124,958 in Ewa Beach). Royal Kunia has the higher median home value ($833,000 vs $698,200 in Ewa Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
Population	15,388	13,687
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$124,958	$133,579
Median home value	$698,200	$833,000
Median gross rent	$2,554	$2,806
Housing units	3,668	4,384
Homeownership rate	74.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
Population	14,479 → 15,388 (+6.3%)	14,565 → 13,687 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$100,151 → $124,958 (+24.8%)	$116,290 → $133,579 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$551,200 → $698,200 (+26.7%)	$624,900 → $833,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,678 → $2,554 (+52.2%)	$2,368 → $2,806 (+18.5%)

Ewa Beach

Population

14,47915,388

Median household income

$100,151$124,958

Median home value

$551,200$698,200

Median gross rent

$1,678$2,554

Royal Kunia

Population

14,56513,687

Median household income

$116,290$133,579

Median home value

$624,900$833,000

Median gross rent

$2,368$2,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
Under 5	5.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.6%
75 and over	9.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.9%	58.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	12.6%	7.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	22.0%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
Drove alone	65.8%	71.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	15.3%
Public transit	12.1%	5.6%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.3%
Other means	3.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
1-unit, detached	79.3%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	12.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ewa Beach	Royal Kunia
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.0%
Average household size	4.38	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	1968	1989