Kahaluu vs Laie

A side-by-side comparison of Kahaluu and Laie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laie has the higher population (5,568 vs 5,282 in Kahaluu). Kahaluu has the higher median household income ($128,661 vs $119,219 in Laie). Kahaluu has the higher median home value ($1,162,000 vs $942,700 in Laie).

Population, income & housing

	Kahaluu	Laie
Population	5,282	5,568
Median age	44.3 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$128,661	$119,219
Median home value	$1,162,000	$942,700
Median gross rent	$2,368	$2,375
Housing units	1,606	1,272
Homeownership rate	64.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahaluu	Laie
Population	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)

Kahaluu

Population

4,5775,282

Median household income

$112,045$128,661

Median home value

$892,400$1,162,000

Median gross rent

$2,086$2,368

Laie

Population

5,7045,568

Median household income

$95,208$119,219

Median home value

$756,000$942,700

Median gross rent

$1,789$2,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahaluu	Laie
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	33.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.5%
75 and over	8.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahaluu	Laie
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	26.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	17.1%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.5%	28.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	37.3%	27.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahaluu	Laie
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahaluu	Laie
Drove alone	65.0%	37.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.2%
Public transit	4.8%	3.1%
Walked	1.2%	28.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.4%
Worked from home	17.0%	12.1%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahaluu	Laie
1-unit, detached	77.8%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	41.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahaluu	Laie
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.4%
Average household size	3.42	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	17
Median year structure built	1973	1975