Hanamaulu vs Puhi

A side-by-side comparison of Hanamaulu and Puhi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Puhi has the higher population (4,381 vs 4,360 in Hanamaulu). Puhi has the higher median household income ($132,645 vs $80,094 in Hanamaulu). Puhi has the higher median home value ($654,600 vs $634,700 in Hanamaulu).

Population, income & housing

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
Population	4,360	4,381
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,094	$132,645
Median home value	$634,700	$654,600
Median gross rent	$1,452	$2,641
Housing units	1,237	1,246
Homeownership rate	60.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
Population	5,150 → 4,360 (-15.3%)	3,850 → 4,381 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$69,821 → $80,094 (+14.7%)	$87,408 → $132,645 (+51.8%)
Median home value	$469,500 → $634,700 (+35.2%)	$465,100 → $654,600 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,452 (+26.7%)	$1,704 → $2,641 (+55.0%)

Hanamaulu

Population

5,1504,360

Median household income

$69,821$80,094

Median home value

$469,500$634,700

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,452

Puhi

Population

3,8504,381

Median household income

$87,408$132,645

Median home value

$465,100$654,600

Median gross rent

$1,704$2,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
Under 5	2.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.9%
75 and over	9.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
White (non-Hispanic)	6.5%	13.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	46.4%	57.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.7%	3.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.2%	22.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.8%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
Drove alone	67.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	28.1%	16.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.3%	1.6%
Other means	3.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
1-unit, detached	60.5%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	27.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanamaulu	Puhi
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.9%
Average household size	4.01	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1975	1994