Kapolei vs Mililani Mauka

A side-by-side comparison of Kapolei and Mililani Mauka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kapolei has the higher population (23,033 vs 21,967 in Mililani Mauka). Mililani Mauka has the higher median household income ($139,564 vs $129,260 in Kapolei). Mililani Mauka has the higher median home value ($901,800 vs $720,600 in Kapolei).

Population, income & housing

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
Population	23,033	21,967
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,260	$139,564
Median home value	$720,600	$901,800
Median gross rent	$2,507	$2,389
Housing units	7,260	7,831
Homeownership rate	78.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
Population	21,674 → 23,033 (+6.3%)	20,090 → 21,967 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$103,547 → $129,260 (+24.8%)	$114,886 → $139,564 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$570,800 → $720,600 (+26.2%)	$691,200 → $901,800 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,507 (+32.7%)	$2,226 → $2,389 (+7.3%)

Kapolei

Population

21,67423,033

Median household income

$103,547$129,260

Median home value

$570,800$720,600

Median gross rent

$1,889$2,507

Mililani Mauka

Population

20,09021,967

Median household income

$114,886$139,564

Median home value

$691,200$901,800

Median gross rent

$2,226$2,389

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
Under 5	6.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.5%
75 and over	4.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	12.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	25.9%	49.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.3%	4.9%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	26.8%	21.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
No high school diploma	6.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
Drove alone	71.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.7%
Public transit	2.9%	1.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
1-unit, detached	59.8%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	28.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kapolei	Mililani Mauka
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.3%
Average household size	3.33	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	2006	1998