Ko Olina vs Makaha Valley

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

Ko Olina and Makaha Valley 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 161 in Makaha Valley). Makaha Valley has the higher median household income ($161,000 vs $125,577 in Ko Olina). Makaha Valley has the higher median home value ($1,636,400 vs $885,500 in Ko Olina).

Population, income & housing

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
Population	1,677	161
Median age	43.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,577	$161,000
Median home value	$885,500	$1,636,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	1,611	123
Homeownership rate	63.5%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
Population	1,742 → 1,677 (-3.7%)	1,731 → 161 (-90.7%)
Median household income	$116,985 → $125,577 (+7.3%)	$67,292 → $161,000 (+139.3%)
Median home value	$657,600 → $885,500 (+34.7%)	$220,700 → $1,636,400 (+641.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,811 → $3,501 (+24.5%)	—

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

Makaha Valley

Population

1,731161

Median household income

$67,292$161,000

Median home value

$220,700$1,636,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
Under 5	3.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	1.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	18.2%	5.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.1%
75 and over	9.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	41.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.0%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	11.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	6.7%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
Drove alone	69.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	17.6%
Public transit	4.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
1-unit, detached	8.4%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	29.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ko Olina	Makaha Valley
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	30	52
Median year structure built	—	2021