Kaaawa vs Punaluu

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

Kaaawa and Punaluu 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 855 in Punaluu). Kaaawa has the higher median household income ($132,188 vs $88,611 in Punaluu). Kaaawa has the higher median home value ($966,500 vs $828,700 in Punaluu).

Population, income & housing

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
Population	1,259	855
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$88,611
Median home value	$966,500	$828,700
Median gross rent	$1,871	$2,030
Housing units	579	581
Homeownership rate	69.8%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
Population	1,132 → 1,259 (+11.2%)	1,071 → 855 (-20.2%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $132,188 (+59.0%)	$62,361 → $88,611 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$759,800 → $966,500 (+27.2%)	$648,400 → $828,700 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $1,871 (-0.8%)	$1,422 → $2,030 (+42.8%)

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

Punaluu

Population

1,071855

Median household income

$62,361$88,611

Median home value

$648,400$828,700

Median gross rent

$1,422$2,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
Under 5	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	20.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.0%
75 and over	2.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	32.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	6.6%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.8%	14.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	39.9%	32.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	11.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
Drove alone	80.6%	63.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	17.1%
Public transit	6.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	17.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
1-unit, detached	71.8%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	39.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaaawa	Punaluu
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1976	1976