Hanapepe vs Lawai

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

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

Lawai has the higher population (2,775 vs 2,288 in Hanapepe). Lawai has the higher median household income ($104,826 vs $90,319 in Hanapepe). Lawai has the higher median home value ($853,700 vs $736,000 in Hanapepe).

Population, income & housing

	Hanapepe	Lawai
Population	2,288	2,775
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,319	$104,826
Median home value	$736,000	$853,700
Median gross rent	$2,021	$1,917
Housing units	812	933
Homeownership rate	72.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanapepe	Lawai
Population	2,834 → 2,288 (-19.3%)	2,047 → 2,775 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$75,952 → $90,319 (+18.9%)	$75,313 → $104,826 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$431,700 → $736,000 (+70.5%)	$589,200 → $853,700 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $2,021 (+33.0%)	$1,714 → $1,917 (+11.8%)

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

Lawai

Population

2,0472,775

Median household income

$75,313$104,826

Median home value

$589,200$853,700

Median gross rent

$1,714$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanapepe	Lawai
Under 5	3.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.6%
75 and over	10.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanapepe	Lawai
White (non-Hispanic)	8.6%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	52.9%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.0%	5.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	24.0%	20.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanapepe	Lawai
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	48.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanapepe	Lawai
Drove alone	85.7%	67.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanapepe	Lawai
1-unit, detached	87.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanapepe	Lawai
Poverty rate	3.5%	8.9%
Average household size	3.19	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1978	1983