Kapolei vs Mililani Town

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

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

Mililani Town has the higher population (27,495 vs 23,033 in Kapolei). Kapolei has the higher median household income ($129,260 vs $124,123 in Mililani Town). Mililani Town has the higher median home value ($884,800 vs $720,600 in Kapolei).

Population, income & housing

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
Population	23,033	27,495
Median age	33.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,260	$124,123
Median home value	$720,600	$884,800
Median gross rent	$2,507	$2,303
Housing units	7,260	9,945
Homeownership rate	78.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
Population	21,674 → 23,033 (+6.3%)	27,562 → 27,495 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$103,547 → $129,260 (+24.8%)	$99,460 → $124,123 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$570,800 → $720,600 (+26.2%)	$639,800 → $884,800 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,889 → $2,507 (+32.7%)	$1,920 → $2,303 (+19.9%)

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 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)

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	15.0%
75 and over	4.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	9.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.9%	47.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.3%	4.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	26.8%	26.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
Drove alone	71.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	9.8%
Public transit	2.9%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
1-unit, detached	59.8%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	12.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kapolei	Mililani Town
Poverty rate	8.1%	3.6%
Average household size	3.33	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	2006	1978