Hanalei vs Pakala Village

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

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

Pakala Village has the higher population (295 vs 239 in Hanalei). Since 2019, Pakala Village's population has grown faster (-16.2% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
Population	239	295
Median age	65.3 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,375	—
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Median gross rent	$2,500	$836
Housing units	321	114
Homeownership rate	74.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.8%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
Population	299 → 239 (-20.1%)	352 → 295 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$42,813 → $114,375 (+167.2%)	$43,906 → $46,250 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,768 → $2,500 (+41.4%)	$638 → $836 (+31.0%)

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

Pakala Village

Population

352295

Median household income

$43,906$46,250

Median gross rent

$638$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
Under 5	0.8%	12.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	23.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.6%	20.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	1.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	41.0%	2.4%
75 and over	10.0%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	36.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	8.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	20.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
No high school diploma	13.6%	16.1%
High school graduate	3.5%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	46.7%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
Drove alone	64.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	10.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
1-unit, detached	91.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanalei	Pakala Village
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.37	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1981	1938