Kahaluu vs Waimanalo

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

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

Waimanalo has the higher population (5,634 vs 5,282 in Kahaluu). Kahaluu has the higher median household income ($128,661 vs $114,896 in Waimanalo). Kahaluu has the higher median home value ($1,162,000 vs $711,800 in Waimanalo).

Population, income & housing

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
Population	5,282	5,634
Median age	44.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,661	$114,896
Median home value	$1,162,000	$711,800
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,786
Housing units	1,606	1,448
Homeownership rate	64.7%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
Population	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)	5,538 → 5,634 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)	$102,656 → $114,896 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)	$604,900 → $711,800 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)	$1,292 → $1,786 (+38.2%)

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

Waimanalo

Population

5,5385,634

Median household income

$102,656$114,896

Median home value

$604,900$711,800

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.4%
75 and over	8.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	8.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.5%	24.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.3%	33.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
Drove alone	65.0%	61.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	19.0%
Public transit	4.8%	5.1%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	17.0%	9.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
1-unit, detached	77.8%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	27.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.7%
Average household size	3.42	4.27
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1973	1976