Kaaawa vs Mokuleia

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

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

Mokuleia has the higher population (1,684 vs 1,259 in Kaaawa). Kaaawa has the higher median household income ($132,188 vs $83,571 in Mokuleia). Mokuleia has the higher median home value ($989,100 vs $966,500 in Kaaawa).

Population, income & housing

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
Population	1,259	1,684
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$83,571
Median home value	$966,500	$989,100
Median gross rent	$1,871	$2,353
Housing units	579	957
Homeownership rate	69.8%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
Population	1,132 → 1,259 (+11.2%)	1,959 → 1,684 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $132,188 (+59.0%)	$85,667 → $83,571 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$759,800 → $966,500 (+27.2%)	$685,600 → $989,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $1,871 (-0.8%)	$2,103 → $2,353 (+11.9%)

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

Mokuleia

Population

1,9591,684

Median household income

$85,667$83,571

Median home value

$685,600$989,100

Median gross rent

$2,103$2,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
Under 5	3.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	8.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	20.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.1%
75 and over	2.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.8%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	39.9%	18.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.5%
High school graduate	11.3%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
Drove alone	80.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.4%
Public transit	6.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	17.0%
Other means	0.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
1-unit, detached	71.8%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	32.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaaawa	Mokuleia
Poverty rate	13.2%	13.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	1976	1975