Nanakuli vs Royal Kunia

A side-by-side comparison of Nanakuli and Royal Kunia: population, income, housing, and more.

Nanakuli and Royal Kunia are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Royal Kunia has the higher population (13,687 vs 12,282 in Nanakuli). Royal Kunia has the higher median household income ($133,579 vs $81,493 in Nanakuli). Royal Kunia has the higher median home value ($833,000 vs $473,000 in Nanakuli).

Population, income & housing

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
Population	12,282	13,687
Median age	35.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,493	$133,579
Median home value	$473,000	$833,000
Median gross rent	$1,671	$2,806
Housing units	3,246	4,384
Homeownership rate	65.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
Population	11,461 → 12,282 (+7.2%)	14,565 → 13,687 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$75,031 → $81,493 (+8.6%)	$116,290 → $133,579 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$370,600 → $473,000 (+27.6%)	$624,900 → $833,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,562 → $1,671 (+7.0%)	$2,368 → $2,806 (+18.5%)

Nanakuli

Population

11,46112,282

Median household income

$75,031$81,493

Median home value

$370,600$473,000

Median gross rent

$1,562$1,671

Royal Kunia

Population

14,56513,687

Median household income

$116,290$133,579

Median home value

$624,900$833,000

Median gross rent

$2,368$2,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.6%
75 and over	6.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	58.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	48.4%	7.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	27.9%	16.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	55.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
Drove alone	66.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	16.3%	15.3%
Public transit	7.1%	5.6%
Walked	2.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
1-unit, detached	75.8%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	12.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nanakuli	Royal Kunia
Poverty rate	16.6%	4.0%
Average household size	4.15	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1977	1989