Haena vs Hanalei

A side-by-side comparison of Haena and Hanalei: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Haena has the higher population (571 vs 239 in Hanalei). Haena has the higher median household income ($128,333 vs $114,375 in Hanalei). Hanalei has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,166,700 in Haena).

Population, income & housing

	Haena	Hanalei
Population	571	239
Median age	38.1 yrs	65.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,333	$114,375
Median home value	$1,166,700	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,725	$2,500
Housing units	272	321
Homeownership rate	67.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haena	Hanalei
Population	155 → 571 (+268.4%)	299 → 239 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$67,000 → $128,333 (+91.5%)	$42,813 → $114,375 (+167.2%)
Median home value	$950,000 → $1,166,700 (+22.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,534 → $2,725 (+77.6%)	$1,768 → $2,500 (+41.4%)

Haena

Population

155571

Median household income

$67,000$128,333

Median home value

$950,000$1,166,700

Median gross rent

$1,534$2,725

Hanalei

Population

299239

Median household income

$42,813$114,375

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,768$2,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haena	Hanalei
Under 5	3.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	32.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	41.0%
75 and over	7.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haena	Hanalei
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haena	Hanalei
No high school diploma	7.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	20.3%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	46.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haena	Hanalei
Drove alone	72.9%	64.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	35.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haena	Hanalei
1-unit, detached	85.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Haena	Hanalei
Poverty rate	21.0%	5.9%
Average household size	3.86	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1983	1981