Eleele vs Hanapepe

A side-by-side comparison of Eleele and Hanapepe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eleele has the higher population (2,339 vs 2,288 in Hanapepe). Eleele has the higher median household income ($122,308 vs $90,319 in Hanapepe). Hanapepe has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $684,900 in Eleele).

Population, income & housing

	Eleele	Hanapepe
Population	2,339	2,288
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$122,308	$90,319
Median home value	$684,900	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,348	$2,021
Housing units	667	812
Homeownership rate	70.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleele	Hanapepe
Population	3,145 → 2,339 (-25.6%)	2,834 → 2,288 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$87,543 → $122,308 (+39.7%)	$75,952 → $90,319 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $684,900 (+54.3%)	$431,700 → $736,000 (+70.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,348 (+6.3%)	$1,520 → $2,021 (+33.0%)

Eleele

Population

3,1452,339

Median household income

$87,543$122,308

Median home value

$443,800$684,900

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,348

Hanapepe

Population

2,8342,288

Median household income

$75,952$90,319

Median home value

$431,700$736,000

Median gross rent

$1,520$2,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleele	Hanapepe
Under 5	8.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.9%
75 and over	6.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleele	Hanapepe
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	8.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.3%	52.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	8.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.5%	24.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleele	Hanapepe
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleele	Hanapepe
Drove alone	87.2%	85.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleele	Hanapepe
1-unit, detached	82.6%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eleele	Hanapepe
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.5%
Average household size	3.69	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1989	1978