Haleiwa vs Pupukea

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

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

Pupukea has the higher population (4,853 vs 4,671 in Haleiwa). Pupukea has the higher median household income ($98,771 vs $93,977 in Haleiwa). Pupukea has the higher median home value ($1,331,800 vs $1,081,100 in Haleiwa).

Population, income & housing

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
Population	4,671	4,853
Median age	44.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,977	$98,771
Median home value	$1,081,100	$1,331,800
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,991
Housing units	1,740	1,787
Homeownership rate	58.0%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
Population	3,757 → 4,671 (+24.3%)	4,443 → 4,853 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$71,797 → $93,977 (+30.9%)	$99,265 → $98,771 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$761,600 → $1,081,100 (+42.0%)	$1,178,500 → $1,331,800 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,071 (+31.3%)	$1,870 → $1,991 (+6.5%)

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

Pupukea

Population

4,4434,853

Median household income

$99,265$98,771

Median home value

$1,178,500$1,331,800

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
Under 5	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.8%
75 and over	11.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	48.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	27.6%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.5%	1.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	27.5%	25.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
Drove alone	63.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	4.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	16.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	17.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
1-unit, detached	70.4%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haleiwa	Pupukea
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.98	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1972	1975