Eleele vs Kilauea

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

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

Kilauea has the higher population (3,104 vs 2,339 in Eleele). Eleele has the higher median household income ($122,308 vs $86,382 in Kilauea). Kilauea has the higher median home value ($1,011,000 vs $684,900 in Eleele).

Population, income & housing

	Eleele	Kilauea
Population	2,339	3,104
Median age	38.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$122,308	$86,382
Median home value	$684,900	$1,011,000
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,453
Housing units	667	1,154
Homeownership rate	70.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleele	Kilauea
Population	3,145 → 2,339 (-25.6%)	2,686 → 3,104 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$87,543 → $122,308 (+39.7%)	$88,029 → $86,382 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $684,900 (+54.3%)	$725,100 → $1,011,000 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,348 (+6.3%)	$1,958 → $1,453 (-25.8%)

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

Kilauea

Population

2,6863,104

Median household income

$88,029$86,382

Median home value

$725,100$1,011,000

Median gross rent

$1,958$1,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleele	Kilauea
Under 5	8.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	18.0%
75 and over	6.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleele	Kilauea
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	52.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.3%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	7.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.5%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleele	Kilauea
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	35.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleele	Kilauea
Drove alone	87.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.8%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleele	Kilauea
1-unit, detached	82.6%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eleele	Kilauea
Poverty rate	5.6%	16.9%
Average household size	3.69	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1989	1985