Kawela Bay vs Punaluu

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

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

Punaluu has the higher population (855 vs 371 in Kawela Bay). Punaluu has the higher median household income ($88,611 vs $76,094 in Kawela Bay). Kawela Bay has the higher median home value ($848,400 vs $828,700 in Punaluu).

Population, income & housing

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
Population	371	855
Median age	45.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$88,611
Median home value	$848,400	$828,700
Median gross rent	$2,609	$2,030
Housing units	551	581
Homeownership rate	77.7%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
Population	225 → 371 (+64.9%)	1,071 → 855 (-20.2%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $76,094 (+5.0%)	$62,361 → $88,611 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$650,700 → $848,400 (+30.4%)	$648,400 → $828,700 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,039 → $2,609 (+28.0%)	$1,422 → $2,030 (+42.8%)

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

Punaluu

Population

1,071855

Median household income

$62,361$88,611

Median home value

$648,400$828,700

Median gross rent

$1,422$2,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
Under 5	3.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	21.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.0%
75 and over	12.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	32.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	8.4%	10.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	14.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.5%	32.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	15.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
Drove alone	64.8%	63.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	17.1%
Public transit	2.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
1-unit, detached	7.4%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	60.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	8.9%	39.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kawela Bay	Punaluu
Poverty rate	7.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.07	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	41	37
Median year structure built	1976	1976