Kaneohe vs Pearl City

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

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

Pearl City has the higher population (45,079 vs 35,945 in Kaneohe). Kaneohe has the higher median household income ($124,632 vs $114,682 in Pearl City). Kaneohe has the higher median home value ($990,100 vs $872,200 in Pearl City).

Population, income & housing

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
Population	35,945	45,079
Median age	45.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,632	$114,682
Median home value	$990,100	$872,200
Median gross rent	$2,356	$2,338
Housing units	11,931	15,521
Homeownership rate	75.3%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
Population	33,841 → 35,945 (+6.2%)	45,605 → 45,079 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$108,761 → $124,632 (+14.6%)	$100,057 → $114,682 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$770,700 → $990,100 (+28.5%)	$667,000 → $872,200 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,957 → $2,356 (+20.4%)	$1,908 → $2,338 (+22.5%)

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

Pearl City

Population

45,60545,079

Median household income

$100,057$114,682

Median home value

$667,000$872,200

Median gross rent

$1,908$2,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.9%
75 and over	12.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	9.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	39.2%	53.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	6.6%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	26.6%	20.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
Drove alone	71.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	13.5%
Public transit	2.2%	3.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
1-unit, detached	68.2%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	11.3%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kaneohe	Pearl City
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.2%
Average household size	3.01	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1973	1974