Kaneohe vs Urban Honolulu

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

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

Urban Honolulu has the higher population (346,323 vs 35,945 in Kaneohe). Kaneohe has the higher median household income ($124,632 vs $85,428 in Urban Honolulu). Kaneohe has the higher median home value ($990,100 vs $834,100 in Urban Honolulu).

Population, income & housing

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
Population	35,945	346,323
Median age	45.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$124,632	$85,428
Median home value	$990,100	$834,100
Median gross rent	$2,356	$1,783
Housing units	11,931	156,251
Homeownership rate	75.3%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
Population	33,841 → 35,945 (+6.2%)	348,985 → 346,323 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$108,761 → $124,632 (+14.6%)	$71,465 → $85,428 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$770,700 → $990,100 (+28.5%)	$683,000 → $834,100 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,957 → $2,356 (+20.4%)	$1,491 → $1,783 (+19.6%)

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

Urban Honolulu

Population

348,985346,323

Median household income

$71,465$85,428

Median home value

$683,000$834,100

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
Under 5	5.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.5%
75 and over	12.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	15.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	39.2%	52.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	8.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	26.6%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
Drove alone	71.4%	55.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	14.2%
Public transit	2.2%	7.9%
Walked	2.1%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.8%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
1-unit, detached	68.2%	27.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	11.3%	48.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kaneohe	Urban Honolulu
Poverty rate	9.0%	11.9%
Average household size	3.01	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1973	1973