Kalihiwai vs Kaumakani

A side-by-side comparison of Kalihiwai and Kaumakani: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kaumakani has the higher population (1,361 vs 232 in Kalihiwai). Kalihiwai has the higher median household income ($103,333 vs $89,637 in Kaumakani). Since 2019, Kaumakani's population has grown faster (+39.6% vs +22.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
Population	232	1,361
Median age	50.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,333	$89,637
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Median gross rent	$2,450	$1,022
Housing units	143	328
Homeownership rate	68.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
Population	189 → 232 (+22.8%)	975 → 1,361 (+39.6%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $103,333 (+66.2%)	$70,417 → $89,637 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$962,500 → $2,000,001 (+107.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $2,450 (+79.4%)	$778 → $1,022 (+31.4%)

Kalihiwai

Population

189232

Median household income

$62,188$103,333

Median home value

$962,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,366$2,450

Kaumakani

Population

9751,361

Median household income

$70,417$89,637

Median gross rent

$778$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
Under 5	5.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.2%
65 to 74	19.0%	7.0%
75 and over	11.2%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	0.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.3%	86.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.6%	4.2%
Some other race	9.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
No high school diploma	4.3%	37.8%
High school graduate	26.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
Drove alone	78.6%	50.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	39.7%
Public transit	0.0%	8.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
1-unit, detached	88.1%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kalihiwai	Kaumakani
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.58	4.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1993	1938