Helemano vs Kalaeloa

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

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

Kalaeloa has the higher population (3,229 vs 3,206 in Helemano). Helemano has the higher median household income ($82,659 vs $81,833 in Kalaeloa). Since 2019, Kalaeloa's population has grown faster (+53716.7% vs +3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
Population	3,206	3,229
Median age	23.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,659	$81,833
Median gross rent	$3,037	$3,068
Housing units	1,339	916
Homeownership rate	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
Population	3,089 → 3,206 (+3.8%)	6 → 3,229 (+53716.7%)
Median household income	$71,368 → $82,659 (+15.8%)	$61,579 → $81,833 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,454 → $3,037 (+23.8%)	$2,506 → $3,068 (+22.4%)

Helemano

Population

3,0893,206

Median household income

$71,368$82,659

Median gross rent

$2,454$3,037

Kalaeloa

Population

63,229

Median household income

$61,579$81,833

Median gross rent

$2,506$3,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
Under 5	18.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.8%
18 to 24	25.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	31.4%	17.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	18.7%
45 to 54	2.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	2.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	0.2%	4.4%
75 and over	0.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	17.2%
Black or African American	18.8%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.5%
Asian	1.9%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	32.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	23.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	61.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
Drove alone	76.8%	58.2%
Carpooled	15.8%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	9.9%
Walked	4.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
1-unit, detached	3.5%	1.9%
1-unit, attached	48.6%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	46.0%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	36.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Helemano	Kalaeloa
Poverty rate	7.2%	18.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1995	1976