Kalaheo vs Kilauea

A side-by-side comparison of Kalaheo and Kilauea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kalaheo has the higher population (4,612 vs 3,104 in Kilauea). Kalaheo has the higher median household income ($105,605 vs $86,382 in Kilauea). Kilauea has the higher median home value ($1,011,000 vs $899,300 in Kalaheo).

Population, income & housing

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
Population	4,612	3,104
Median age	45.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,605	$86,382
Median home value	$899,300	$1,011,000
Median gross rent	$1,622	$1,453
Housing units	2,005	1,154
Homeownership rate	79.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
Population	5,487 → 4,612 (-15.9%)	2,686 → 3,104 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $105,605 (+11.2%)	$88,029 → $86,382 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$698,600 → $899,300 (+28.7%)	$725,100 → $1,011,000 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,622 (+17.1%)	$1,958 → $1,453 (-25.8%)

Kalaheo

Population

5,4874,612

Median household income

$95,000$105,605

Median home value

$698,600$899,300

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,622

Kilauea

Population

2,6863,104

Median household income

$88,029$86,382

Median home value

$725,100$1,011,000

Median gross rent

$1,958$1,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	19.3%	18.0%
75 and over	8.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
White (non-Hispanic)	37.6%	52.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.2%	7.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	30.2%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	26.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
Drove alone	78.7%	72.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.8%	11.2%
Other means	0.1%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
1-unit, detached	82.6%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kalaheo	Kilauea
Poverty rate	12.6%	16.9%
Average household size	2.62	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1982	1985