Kaaawa vs Makaha Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Kaaawa and Makaha Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Kaaawa and Makaha Valley 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 161 in Makaha Valley). Makaha Valley has the higher median household income ($161,000 vs $132,188 in Kaaawa). Makaha Valley has the higher median home value ($1,636,400 vs $966,500 in Kaaawa).

Population, income & housing

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
Population	1,259	161
Median age	37.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$161,000
Median home value	$966,500	$1,636,400
Median gross rent	$1,871	—
Housing units	579	123
Homeownership rate	69.8%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
Population	1,132 → 1,259 (+11.2%)	1,731 → 161 (-90.7%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $132,188 (+59.0%)	$67,292 → $161,000 (+139.3%)
Median home value	$759,800 → $966,500 (+27.2%)	$220,700 → $1,636,400 (+641.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $1,871 (-0.8%)	—

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

Makaha Valley

Population

1,731161

Median household income

$67,292$161,000

Median home value

$220,700$1,636,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
Under 5	3.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	20.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	16.1%
75 and over	2.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	41.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.8%	11.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	39.9%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	11.3%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
Drove alone	80.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	17.6%
Public transit	6.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
1-unit, detached	71.8%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaaawa	Makaha Valley
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	39	52
Median year structure built	1976	2021