Punaluu vs Waiahole-Waikane

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

Punaluu 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 855 in Punaluu). Punaluu has the higher median household income ($88,611 vs $80,556 in Waiahole-Waikane). Since 2019, Waiahole-Waikane's population has grown faster (+52.6% vs -20.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
Population	855	879
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,611	$80,556
Median home value	$828,700	—
Median gross rent	$2,030	—
Housing units	581	276
Homeownership rate	51.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
Population	1,071 → 855 (-20.2%)	576 → 879 (+52.6%)
Median household income	$62,361 → $88,611 (+42.1%)	$103,750 → $80,556 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$648,400 → $828,700 (+27.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $2,030 (+42.8%)	$1,667 → $2,000 (+20.0%)

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

Waiahole-Waikane

Population

576879

Median household income

$103,750$80,556

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
Under 5	5.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.3%
75 and over	9.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	9.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	14.5%	10.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	32.4%	46.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
Drove alone	63.8%	47.5%
Carpooled	17.1%	9.6%
Public transit	1.2%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	31.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
1-unit, detached	47.2%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	39.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Punaluu	Waiahole-Waikane
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.63	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	37	35
Median year structure built	1976	1985