Kahuku vs Ko Olina

A side-by-side comparison of Kahuku and Ko Olina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kahuku has the higher population (2,425 vs 1,677 in Ko Olina). Ko Olina has the higher median household income ($125,577 vs $73,214 in Kahuku). Ko Olina has the higher median home value ($885,500 vs $769,100 in Kahuku).

Population, income & housing

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
Population	2,425	1,677
Median age	25.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$125,577
Median home value	$769,100	$885,500
Median gross rent	$1,366	$3,501
Housing units	659	1,611
Homeownership rate	58.1%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
Population	2,119 → 2,425 (+14.4%)	1,742 → 1,677 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$81,447 → $73,214 (-10.1%)	$116,985 → $125,577 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$598,300 → $769,100 (+28.5%)	$657,600 → $885,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$2,811 → $3,501 (+24.5%)

Kahuku

Population

2,1192,425

Median household income

$81,447$73,214

Median home value

$598,300$769,100

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Ko Olina

Population

1,7421,677

Median household income

$116,985$125,577

Median home value

$657,600$885,500

Median gross rent

$2,811$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
Under 5	13.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	25.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	1.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	6.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.7%
75 and over	4.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
White (non-Hispanic)	13.3%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	29.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	35.4%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
Drove alone	67.0%	69.7%
Carpooled	15.9%	9.5%
Public transit	3.4%	4.6%
Walked	1.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.6%	3.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
1-unit, detached	78.3%	8.4%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	29.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahuku	Ko Olina
Poverty rate	11.4%	6.8%
Average household size	3.97	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1981	—