Anahola vs Lawai

A side-by-side comparison of Anahola and Lawai: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anahola has the higher population (3,098 vs 2,775 in Lawai). Lawai has the higher median household income ($104,826 vs $96,207 in Anahola). Lawai has the higher median home value ($853,700 vs $524,900 in Anahola).

Population, income & housing

	Anahola	Lawai
Population	3,098	2,775
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,207	$104,826
Median home value	$524,900	$853,700
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,917
Housing units	828	933
Homeownership rate	90.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anahola	Lawai
Population	2,311 → 3,098 (+34.1%)	2,047 → 2,775 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$67,981 → $96,207 (+41.5%)	$75,313 → $104,826 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$439,000 → $524,900 (+19.6%)	$589,200 → $853,700 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,479 (+18.3%)	$1,714 → $1,917 (+11.8%)

Anahola

Population

2,3113,098

Median household income

$67,981$96,207

Median home value

$439,000$524,900

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,479

Lawai

Population

2,0472,775

Median household income

$75,313$104,826

Median home value

$589,200$853,700

Median gross rent

$1,714$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anahola	Lawai
Under 5	7.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.6%
75 and over	9.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anahola	Lawai
White (non-Hispanic)	10.7%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	54.9%	5.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	24.6%	20.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anahola	Lawai
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	52.6%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anahola	Lawai
Drove alone	83.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.7%	3.8%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	21.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anahola	Lawai
1-unit, detached	92.1%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anahola	Lawai
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.9%
Average household size	3.91	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1990	1983