Eleele vs Lawai

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

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

Lawai has the higher population (2,775 vs 2,339 in Eleele). Eleele has the higher median household income ($122,308 vs $104,826 in Lawai). Lawai has the higher median home value ($853,700 vs $684,900 in Eleele).

Population, income & housing

	Eleele	Lawai
Population	2,339	2,775
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$122,308	$104,826
Median home value	$684,900	$853,700
Median gross rent	$1,348	$1,917
Housing units	667	933
Homeownership rate	70.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleele	Lawai
Population	3,145 → 2,339 (-25.6%)	2,047 → 2,775 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$87,543 → $122,308 (+39.7%)	$75,313 → $104,826 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $684,900 (+54.3%)	$589,200 → $853,700 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,268 → $1,348 (+6.3%)	$1,714 → $1,917 (+11.8%)

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

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)

	Eleele	Lawai
Under 5	8.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.6%
75 and over	6.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleele	Lawai
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.3%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.7%	5.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	25.5%	20.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleele	Lawai
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleele	Lawai
Drove alone	87.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.1%
Public transit	1.3%	3.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleele	Lawai
1-unit, detached	82.6%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eleele	Lawai
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.9%
Average household size	3.69	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1989	1983