Haleiwa vs Kahaluu

A side-by-side comparison of Haleiwa and Kahaluu: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kahaluu has the higher population (5,282 vs 4,671 in Haleiwa). Kahaluu has the higher median household income ($128,661 vs $93,977 in Haleiwa). Kahaluu has the higher median home value ($1,162,000 vs $1,081,100 in Haleiwa).

Population, income & housing

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
Population	4,671	5,282
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,977	$128,661
Median home value	$1,081,100	$1,162,000
Median gross rent	$2,071	$2,368
Housing units	1,740	1,606
Homeownership rate	58.0%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
Population	3,757 → 4,671 (+24.3%)	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$71,797 → $93,977 (+30.9%)	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$761,600 → $1,081,100 (+42.0%)	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,071 (+31.3%)	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)

Haleiwa

Population

3,7574,671

Median household income

$71,797$93,977

Median home value

$761,600$1,081,100

Median gross rent

$1,577$2,071

Kahaluu

Population

4,5775,282

Median household income

$112,045$128,661

Median home value

$892,400$1,162,000

Median gross rent

$2,086$2,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.9%
75 and over	11.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	23.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	27.6%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.5%	8.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	27.5%	37.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
Drove alone	63.3%	65.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.7%
Public transit	2.6%	4.8%
Walked	16.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	17.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
1-unit, detached	70.4%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haleiwa	Kahaluu
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.98	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1972	1973