Heeia vs Kahaluu

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

Heeia 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 5,099 in Heeia). Heeia has the higher median household income ($160,294 vs $128,661 in Kahaluu). Heeia has the higher median home value ($1,186,500 vs $1,162,000 in Kahaluu).

Population, income & housing

	Heeia	Kahaluu
Population	5,099	5,282
Median age	49.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$160,294	$128,661
Median home value	$1,186,500	$1,162,000
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,368
Housing units	1,710	1,606
Homeownership rate	91.2%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heeia	Kahaluu
Population	4,372 → 5,099 (+16.6%)	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$124,653 → $160,294 (+28.6%)	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$920,000 → $1,186,500 (+29.0%)	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,398 (-31.5%)	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)

Heeia

Population

4,3725,099

Median household income

$124,653$160,294

Median home value

$920,000$1,186,500

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,398

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)

	Heeia	Kahaluu
Under 5	7.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.9%
75 and over	11.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heeia	Kahaluu
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	23.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	43.1%	17.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.7%	8.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	25.0%	37.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heeia	Kahaluu
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heeia	Kahaluu
Drove alone	70.9%	65.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.7%
Public transit	3.7%	4.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heeia	Kahaluu
1-unit, detached	82.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heeia	Kahaluu
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.1%
Average household size	3.14	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1970	1973