Kaaawa vs Kawela Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Kaaawa and Kawela Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kaaawa has the higher population (1,259 vs 371 in Kawela Bay). Kaaawa has the higher median household income ($132,188 vs $76,094 in Kawela Bay). Kaaawa has the higher median home value ($966,500 vs $848,400 in Kawela Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
Population	1,259	371
Median age	37.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$76,094
Median home value	$966,500	$848,400
Median gross rent	$1,871	$2,609
Housing units	579	551
Homeownership rate	69.8%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
Population	1,132 → 1,259 (+11.2%)	225 → 371 (+64.9%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $132,188 (+59.0%)	$72,500 → $76,094 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$759,800 → $966,500 (+27.2%)	$650,700 → $848,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $1,871 (-0.8%)	$2,039 → $2,609 (+28.0%)

Kaaawa

Population

1,1321,259

Median household income

$83,125$132,188

Median home value

$759,800$966,500

Median gross rent

$1,887$1,871

Kawela Bay

Population

225371

Median household income

$72,500$76,094

Median home value

$650,700$848,400

Median gross rent

$2,039$2,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
Under 5	3.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	20.7%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	21.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.1%
75 and over	2.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	64.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.8%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	39.9%	24.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	11.3%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
Drove alone	80.6%	64.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	13.6%
Public transit	6.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	19.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
1-unit, detached	71.8%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	60.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaaawa	Kawela Bay
Poverty rate	13.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	39	41
Median year structure built	1976	1976