Kahaluu vs Waimanalo Beach

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

Kahaluu and Waimanalo Beach 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 4,587 in Waimanalo Beach). Kahaluu has the higher median household income ($128,661 vs $120,769 in Waimanalo Beach). Kahaluu has the higher median home value ($1,162,000 vs $816,500 in Waimanalo Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
Population	5,282	4,587
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$128,661	$120,769
Median home value	$1,162,000	$816,500
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,000
Housing units	1,606	1,211
Homeownership rate	64.7%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
Population	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)	4,076 → 4,587 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)	$85,515 → $120,769 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)	$576,400 → $816,500 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)	$829 → $1,000 (+20.6%)

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 Beach

Population

4,0764,587

Median household income

$85,515$120,769

Median home value

$576,400$816,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
Under 5	5.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.4%
75 and over	8.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	8.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.5%	38.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	37.3%	37.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
No high school diploma	5.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
Drove alone	65.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	19.0%
Public transit	4.8%	2.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	4.8%
Other means	2.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
1-unit, detached	77.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahaluu	Waimanalo Beach
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.7%
Average household size	3.42	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1973	1973