Helemano vs Kahuku

A side-by-side comparison of Helemano and Kahuku: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Helemano has the higher population (3,206 vs 2,425 in Kahuku). Helemano has the higher median household income ($82,659 vs $73,214 in Kahuku). Since 2019, Kahuku's population has grown faster (+14.4% vs +3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Helemano	Kahuku
Population	3,206	2,425
Median age	23.0 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,659	$73,214
Median home value	—	$769,100
Median gross rent	$3,037	$1,366
Housing units	1,339	659
Homeownership rate	0.0%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helemano	Kahuku
Population	3,089 → 3,206 (+3.8%)	2,119 → 2,425 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$71,368 → $82,659 (+15.8%)	$81,447 → $73,214 (-10.1%)
Median home value	—	$598,300 → $769,100 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,454 → $3,037 (+23.8%)	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)

Helemano

Population

3,0893,206

Median household income

$71,368$82,659

Median gross rent

$2,454$3,037

Kahuku

Population

2,1192,425

Median household income

$81,447$73,214

Median home value

$598,300$769,100

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helemano	Kahuku
Under 5	18.8%	13.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	25.2%
18 to 24	25.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	31.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	2.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	2.3%	6.0%
65 to 74	0.2%	5.4%
75 and over	0.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helemano	Kahuku
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	13.3%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	29.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	35.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helemano	Kahuku
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	15.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	61.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helemano	Kahuku
Drove alone	76.8%	67.0%
Carpooled	15.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	4.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helemano	Kahuku
1-unit, detached	3.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	48.6%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	46.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Helemano	Kahuku
Poverty rate	7.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.66	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1995	1981