Kawela Bay vs Ko Olina

A side-by-side comparison of Kawela Bay and Ko Olina: population, income, housing, and more.

Kawela Bay and Ko Olina are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ko Olina has the higher population (1,677 vs 371 in Kawela Bay). Ko Olina has the higher median household income ($125,577 vs $76,094 in Kawela Bay). Ko Olina has the higher median home value ($885,500 vs $848,400 in Kawela Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
Population	371	1,677
Median age	45.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$125,577
Median home value	$848,400	$885,500
Median gross rent	$2,609	$3,501
Housing units	551	1,611
Homeownership rate	77.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
Population	225 → 371 (+64.9%)	1,742 → 1,677 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $76,094 (+5.0%)	$116,985 → $125,577 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$650,700 → $848,400 (+30.4%)	$657,600 → $885,500 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,039 → $2,609 (+28.0%)	$2,811 → $3,501 (+24.5%)

Kawela Bay

Population

225371

Median household income

$72,500$76,094

Median home value

$650,700$848,400

Median gross rent

$2,039$2,609

Ko Olina

Population

1,7421,677

Median household income

$116,985$125,577

Median home value

$657,600$885,500

Median gross rent

$2,811$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
Under 5	3.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	21.3%	18.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.7%
75 and over	12.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	24.5%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	15.4%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
Drove alone	64.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.5%
Public transit	2.5%	4.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	19.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
1-unit, detached	7.4%	8.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	60.3%	29.4%
20 or more units	8.9%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kawela Bay	Ko Olina
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.07	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1976	—