Eleele vs Koloa

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

Eleele and Koloa 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 2,327 in Koloa). Eleele has the higher median household income ($122,308 vs $76,316 in Koloa). Koloa has the higher median home value ($873,900 vs $684,900 in Eleele).

Population, income & housing

	Eleele	Koloa
Population	2,339	2,327
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$122,308	$76,316
Median home value	$684,900	$873,900
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,505
Housing units	667	795
Homeownership rate	70.5%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleele	Koloa
Population	3,145 → 2,339 (-25.6%)	2,739 → 2,327 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$87,543 → $122,308 (+39.7%)	$45,192 → $76,316 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $684,900 (+54.3%)	$591,500 → $873,900 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,348 (+6.3%)	$1,086 → $1,505 (+38.6%)

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

Koloa

Population

2,7392,327

Median household income

$45,192$76,316

Median home value

$591,500$873,900

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleele	Koloa
Under 5	8.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.9%
75 and over	6.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleele	Koloa
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	22.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.3%	29.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	11.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	25.5%	17.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleele	Koloa
No high school diploma	8.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleele	Koloa
Drove alone	87.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleele	Koloa
1-unit, detached	82.6%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	19.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eleele	Koloa
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.2%
Average household size	3.69	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1989	1981