Hanapepe vs Koloa

A side-by-side comparison of Hanapepe and Koloa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Koloa has the higher population (2,327 vs 2,288 in Hanapepe). Hanapepe has the higher median household income ($90,319 vs $76,316 in Koloa). Koloa has the higher median home value ($873,900 vs $736,000 in Hanapepe).

Population, income & housing

	Hanapepe	Koloa
Population	2,288	2,327
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,319	$76,316
Median home value	$736,000	$873,900
Median gross rent	$2,021	$1,505
Housing units	812	795
Homeownership rate	72.0%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanapepe	Koloa
Population	2,834 → 2,288 (-19.3%)	2,739 → 2,327 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$75,952 → $90,319 (+18.9%)	$45,192 → $76,316 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$431,700 → $736,000 (+70.5%)	$591,500 → $873,900 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $2,021 (+33.0%)	$1,086 → $1,505 (+38.6%)

Hanapepe

Population

2,8342,288

Median household income

$75,952$90,319

Median home value

$431,700$736,000

Median gross rent

$1,520$2,021

Koloa

Population

2,7392,327

Median household income

$45,192$76,316

Median home value

$591,500$873,900

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanapepe	Koloa
Under 5	3.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.9%
75 and over	10.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanapepe	Koloa
White (non-Hispanic)	8.6%	22.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	52.9%	29.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.0%	11.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	24.0%	17.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanapepe	Koloa
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	48.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanapepe	Koloa
Drove alone	85.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanapepe	Koloa
1-unit, detached	87.4%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanapepe	Koloa
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.2%
Average household size	3.19	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1978	1981