Royal Kunia vs Waimalu

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

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

Waimalu has the higher population (14,176 vs 13,687 in Royal Kunia). Royal Kunia has the higher median household income ($133,579 vs $89,016 in Waimalu). Royal Kunia has the higher median home value ($833,000 vs $597,700 in Waimalu).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
Population	13,687	14,176
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,579	$89,016
Median home value	$833,000	$597,700
Median gross rent	$2,806	$1,892
Housing units	4,384	6,301
Homeownership rate	79.0%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
Population	14,565 → 13,687 (-6.0%)	14,043 → 14,176 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$116,290 → $133,579 (+14.9%)	$81,054 → $89,016 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$624,900 → $833,000 (+33.3%)	$446,800 → $597,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,368 → $2,806 (+18.5%)	$1,763 → $1,892 (+7.3%)

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

Waimalu

Population

14,04314,176

Median household income

$81,054$89,016

Median home value

$446,800$597,700

Median gross rent

$1,763$1,892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.3%
75 and over	5.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
White (non-Hispanic)	6.7%	11.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	58.0%	53.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.2%	5.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.7%	18.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
Drove alone	71.2%	68.2%
Carpooled	15.3%	13.7%
Public transit	5.6%	3.5%
Walked	2.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	10.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
1-unit, detached	78.5%	20.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	50.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Royal Kunia	Waimalu
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.7%
Average household size	3.31	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1989	1976