Kaneohe Base vs Nanakuli

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

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

Nanakuli has the higher population (12,282 vs 10,973 in Kaneohe Base). Nanakuli has the higher median household income ($81,493 vs $70,000 in Kaneohe Base). Nanakuli has the higher median home value ($473,000 vs $390,600 in Kaneohe Base).

Population, income & housing

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
Population	10,973	12,282
Median age	22.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$81,493
Median home value	$390,600	$473,000
Median gross rent	$3,399	$1,671
Housing units	2,769	3,246
Homeownership rate	1.8%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
Population	11,237 → 10,973 (-2.3%)	11,461 → 12,282 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$60,169 → $70,000 (+16.3%)	$75,031 → $81,493 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$1,279,400 → $390,600 (-69.5%)	$370,600 → $473,000 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,027 → $3,399 (+12.3%)	$1,562 → $1,671 (+7.0%)

Kaneohe Base

Population

11,23710,973

Median household income

$60,169$70,000

Median home value

$1,279,400$390,600

Median gross rent

$3,027$3,399

Nanakuli

Population

11,46112,282

Median household income

$75,031$81,493

Median home value

$370,600$473,000

Median gross rent

$1,562$1,671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
Under 5	11.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	38.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	26.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	1.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	0.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	4.7%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	3.2%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	48.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	27.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
No high school diploma	0.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	23.3%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
Drove alone	57.3%	66.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	16.3%
Public transit	0.3%	7.1%
Walked	20.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.1%
Other means	4.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
1-unit, detached	26.4%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	60.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	13.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kaneohe Base	Nanakuli
Poverty rate	8.7%	16.6%
Average household size	2.98	4.15
Mean commute (minutes)	11	38
Median year structure built	2005	1977