Hanalei vs Kalihiwai

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

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

Hanalei has the higher population (239 vs 232 in Kalihiwai). Hanalei has the higher median household income ($114,375 vs $103,333 in Kalihiwai). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
Population	239	232
Median age	65.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$114,375	$103,333
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,500	$2,450
Housing units	321	143
Homeownership rate	74.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
Population	299 → 239 (-20.1%)	189 → 232 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $114,375 (+167.2%)	$62,188 → $103,333 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$962,500 → $2,000,001 (+107.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,768 → $2,500 (+41.4%)	$1,366 → $2,450 (+79.4%)

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

Kalihiwai

Population

189232

Median household income

$62,188$103,333

Median home value

$962,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,366$2,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
Under 5	0.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	41.0%	19.0%
75 and over	10.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	47.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.6%
Some other race	0.0%	9.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
No high school diploma	13.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	3.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	46.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
Drove alone	64.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
1-unit, detached	91.0%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Hanalei	Kalihiwai
Poverty rate	5.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1981	1993