Kahuku vs Maunawili

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

Kahuku and Maunawili 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 2,288 in Maunawili). Maunawili has the higher median household income ($176,528 vs $73,214 in Kahuku). Maunawili has the higher median home value ($1,404,800 vs $769,100 in Kahuku).

Population, income & housing

	Kahuku	Maunawili
Population	2,425	2,288
Median age	25.9 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$176,528
Median home value	$769,100	$1,404,800
Median gross rent	$1,366	$3,501
Housing units	659	764
Homeownership rate	58.1%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	65.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahuku	Maunawili
Population	2,119 → 2,425 (+14.4%)	1,977 → 2,288 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$81,447 → $73,214 (-10.1%)	$141,136 → $176,528 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$598,300 → $769,100 (+28.5%)	$1,080,000 → $1,404,800 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)

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

Maunawili

Population

1,9772,288

Median household income

$141,136$176,528

Median home value

$1,080,000$1,404,800

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahuku	Maunawili
Under 5	13.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	25.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	6.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	14.1%
75 and over	4.1%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahuku	Maunawili
White (non-Hispanic)	13.3%	24.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	41.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	29.0%	4.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.4%	27.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahuku	Maunawili
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	41.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahuku	Maunawili
Drove alone	67.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	11.1%
Public transit	3.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahuku	Maunawili
1-unit, detached	78.3%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahuku	Maunawili
Poverty rate	11.4%	2.5%
Average household size	3.97	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1981	1967