Kahaluu vs Pupukea

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

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

Kahaluu has the higher population (5,282 vs 4,853 in Pupukea). Kahaluu has the higher median household income ($128,661 vs $98,771 in Pupukea). Pupukea has the higher median home value ($1,331,800 vs $1,162,000 in Kahaluu).

Population, income & housing

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
Population	5,282	4,853
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$128,661	$98,771
Median home value	$1,162,000	$1,331,800
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,991
Housing units	1,606	1,787
Homeownership rate	64.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
Population	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)	4,443 → 4,853 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)	$99,265 → $98,771 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)	$1,178,500 → $1,331,800 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)	$1,870 → $1,991 (+6.5%)

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

Pupukea

Population

4,4434,853

Median household income

$99,265$98,771

Median home value

$1,178,500$1,331,800

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.8%
75 and over	8.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	48.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.5%	1.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	37.3%	25.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
Drove alone	65.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.3%
Public transit	4.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	17.0%	17.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
1-unit, detached	77.8%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahaluu	Pupukea
Poverty rate	7.1%	14.1%
Average household size	3.42	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1973	1975