Kailua vs Kaneohe

A side-by-side comparison of Kailua and Kaneohe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kailua has the higher population (39,762 vs 35,945 in Kaneohe). Kailua has the higher median household income ($146,615 vs $124,632 in Kaneohe). Kailua has the higher median home value ($1,239,000 vs $990,100 in Kaneohe).

Population, income & housing

	Kailua	Kaneohe
Population	39,762	35,945
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$146,615	$124,632
Median home value	$1,239,000	$990,100
Median gross rent	$3,068	$2,356
Housing units	14,672	11,931
Homeownership rate	74.4%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kailua	Kaneohe
Population	37,586 → 39,762 (+5.8%)	33,841 → 35,945 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$114,292 → $146,615 (+28.3%)	$108,761 → $124,632 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$959,200 → $1,239,000 (+29.2%)	$770,700 → $990,100 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,500 → $3,068 (+22.7%)	$1,957 → $2,356 (+20.4%)

Kailua

Population

37,58639,762

Median household income

$114,292$146,615

Median home value

$959,200$1,239,000

Median gross rent

$2,500$3,068

Kaneohe

Population

33,84135,945

Median household income

$108,761$124,632

Median home value

$770,700$990,100

Median gross rent

$1,957$2,356

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kailua	Kaneohe
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.5%
75 and over	10.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kailua	Kaneohe
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	15.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	21.5%	39.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	7.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	24.6%	26.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kailua	Kaneohe
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	17.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kailua	Kaneohe
Drove alone	72.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	13.0%
Public transit	2.1%	2.2%
Walked	1.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kailua	Kaneohe
1-unit, detached	74.1%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kailua	Kaneohe
Poverty rate	4.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.91	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1966	1973