Royal Kunia vs Waianae

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

Royal Kunia and Waianae 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 12,907 in Waianae). Royal Kunia has the higher median household income ($133,579 vs $84,766 in Waianae). Royal Kunia has the higher median home value ($833,000 vs $487,200 in Waianae).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
Population	13,687	12,907
Median age	43.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$133,579	$84,766
Median home value	$833,000	$487,200
Median gross rent	$2,806	$1,307
Housing units	4,384	3,694
Homeownership rate	79.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
Population	14,565 → 13,687 (-6.0%)	13,609 → 12,907 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$116,290 → $133,579 (+14.9%)	$62,172 → $84,766 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$624,900 → $833,000 (+33.3%)	$375,100 → $487,200 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,368 → $2,806 (+18.5%)	$996 → $1,307 (+31.2%)

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

Waianae

Population

13,60912,907

Median household income

$62,172$84,766

Median home value

$375,100$487,200

Median gross rent

$996$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
Under 5	3.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	9.6%
75 and over	5.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	7.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	58.0%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.2%	41.6%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	16.7%	27.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	23.7%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
Drove alone	71.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	15.3%	15.3%
Public transit	5.6%	10.6%
Walked	2.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
1-unit, detached	78.5%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Royal Kunia	Waianae
Poverty rate	4.0%	17.0%
Average household size	3.31	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	41
Median year structure built	1989	1979