Pearl City vs Urban Honolulu

A side-by-side comparison of Pearl City and Urban Honolulu: population, income, housing, and more.

Pearl City and Urban Honolulu are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Urban Honolulu has the higher population (346,323 vs 45,079 in Pearl City). Pearl City has the higher median household income ($114,682 vs $85,428 in Urban Honolulu). Pearl City has the higher median home value ($872,200 vs $834,100 in Urban Honolulu).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
Population	45,079	346,323
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,682	$85,428
Median home value	$872,200	$834,100
Median gross rent	$2,338	$1,783
Housing units	15,521	156,251
Homeownership rate	70.7%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
Population	45,605 → 45,079 (-1.2%)	348,985 → 346,323 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$100,057 → $114,682 (+14.6%)	$71,465 → $85,428 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$667,000 → $872,200 (+30.8%)	$683,000 → $834,100 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,908 → $2,338 (+22.5%)	$1,491 → $1,783 (+19.6%)

Pearl City

Population

45,60545,079

Median household income

$100,057$114,682

Median home value

$667,000$872,200

Median gross rent

$1,908$2,338

Urban Honolulu

Population

348,985346,323

Median household income

$71,465$85,428

Median home value

$683,000$834,100

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
Under 5	4.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.5%
75 and over	12.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
White (non-Hispanic)	9.8%	15.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	53.2%	52.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.6%	8.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	20.4%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
Drove alone	72.2%	55.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	14.2%
Public transit	3.0%	7.9%
Walked	1.9%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.8%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.9%
Other means	1.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
1-unit, detached	63.5%	27.2%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	9.1%	48.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Pearl City	Urban Honolulu
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1974	1973