Kahuku vs Mokuleia

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

Kahuku and Mokuleia 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 1,684 in Mokuleia). Mokuleia has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $73,214 in Kahuku). Mokuleia has the higher median home value ($989,100 vs $769,100 in Kahuku).

Population, income & housing

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
Population	2,425	1,684
Median age	25.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$83,571
Median home value	$769,100	$989,100
Median gross rent	$1,366	$2,353
Housing units	659	957
Homeownership rate	58.1%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
Population	2,119 → 2,425 (+14.4%)	1,959 → 1,684 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$81,447 → $73,214 (-10.1%)	$85,667 → $83,571 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$598,300 → $769,100 (+28.5%)	$685,600 → $989,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$2,103 → $2,353 (+11.9%)

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

Mokuleia

Population

1,9591,684

Median household income

$85,667$83,571

Median home value

$685,600$989,100

Median gross rent

$2,103$2,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
Under 5	13.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	25.2%	8.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	6.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	14.1%
75 and over	4.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
White (non-Hispanic)	13.3%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	29.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	35.4%	18.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
Drove alone	67.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.4%
Public transit	3.4%	1.8%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.6%	4.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
1-unit, detached	78.3%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	32.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahuku	Mokuleia
Poverty rate	11.4%	13.5%
Average household size	3.97	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1981	1975