Kawela Bay vs Waiahole-Waikane

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

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

Waiahole-Waikane has the higher population (879 vs 371 in Kawela Bay). Waiahole-Waikane has the higher median household income ($80,556 vs $76,094 in Kawela Bay). Since 2019, Kawela Bay's population has grown faster (+64.9% vs +52.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
Population	371	879
Median age	45.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$80,556
Median home value	$848,400	—
Median gross rent	$2,609	—
Housing units	551	276
Homeownership rate	77.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
Population	225 → 371 (+64.9%)	576 → 879 (+52.6%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $76,094 (+5.0%)	$103,750 → $80,556 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$650,700 → $848,400 (+30.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,039 → $2,609 (+28.0%)	$1,667 → $2,000 (+20.0%)

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

Waiahole-Waikane

Population

576879

Median household income

$103,750$80,556

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
Under 5	3.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	4.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	21.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	14.3%
75 and over	12.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	9.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	10.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	24.5%	46.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
Drove alone	64.8%	47.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.6%
Public transit	2.5%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	31.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
1-unit, detached	7.4%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	60.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kawela Bay	Waiahole-Waikane
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.07	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	41	35
Median year structure built	1976	1985