Kailua vs Mililani Town

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

Kailua and Mililani Town 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 27,495 in Mililani Town). Kailua has the higher median household income ($146,615 vs $124,123 in Mililani Town). Kailua has the higher median home value ($1,239,000 vs $884,800 in Mililani Town).

Population, income & housing

	Kailua	Mililani Town
Population	39,762	27,495
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$146,615	$124,123
Median home value	$1,239,000	$884,800
Median gross rent	$3,068	$2,303
Housing units	14,672	9,945
Homeownership rate	74.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kailua	Mililani Town
Population	37,586 → 39,762 (+5.8%)	27,562 → 27,495 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$114,292 → $146,615 (+28.3%)	$99,460 → $124,123 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$959,200 → $1,239,000 (+29.2%)	$639,800 → $884,800 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,500 → $3,068 (+22.7%)	$1,920 → $2,303 (+19.9%)

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

Mililani Town

Population

27,56227,495

Median household income

$99,460$124,123

Median home value

$639,800$884,800

Median gross rent

$1,920$2,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kailua	Mililani Town
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.0%
75 and over	10.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kailua	Mililani Town
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	9.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	21.5%	47.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	4.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	24.6%	26.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kailua	Mililani Town
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kailua	Mililani Town
Drove alone	72.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.8%
Public transit	2.1%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kailua	Mililani Town
1-unit, detached	74.1%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	12.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kailua	Mililani Town
Poverty rate	4.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1966	1978