Heeia vs Pupukea

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

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

Heeia has the higher population (5,099 vs 4,853 in Pupukea). Heeia has the higher median household income ($160,294 vs $98,771 in Pupukea). Pupukea has the higher median home value ($1,331,800 vs $1,186,500 in Heeia).

Population, income & housing

	Heeia	Pupukea
Population	5,099	4,853
Median age	49.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$160,294	$98,771
Median home value	$1,186,500	$1,331,800
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,991
Housing units	1,710	1,787
Homeownership rate	91.2%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heeia	Pupukea
Population	4,372 → 5,099 (+16.6%)	4,443 → 4,853 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$124,653 → $160,294 (+28.6%)	$99,265 → $98,771 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$920,000 → $1,186,500 (+29.0%)	$1,178,500 → $1,331,800 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,398 (-31.5%)	$1,870 → $1,991 (+6.5%)

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

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)

	Heeia	Pupukea
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	16.8%
75 and over	11.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heeia	Pupukea
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	48.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	43.1%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.7%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	25.0%	25.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heeia	Pupukea
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heeia	Pupukea
Drove alone	70.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	4.3%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heeia	Pupukea
1-unit, detached	82.0%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heeia	Pupukea
Poverty rate	3.3%	14.1%
Average household size	3.14	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1970	1975