Kapaa vs Wailua Homesteads

A side-by-side comparison of Kapaa and Wailua Homesteads: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kapaa has the higher population (10,886 vs 7,136 in Wailua Homesteads). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median household income ($94,900 vs $89,440 in Kapaa). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median home value ($898,300 vs $821,500 in Kapaa).

Population, income & housing

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
Population	10,886	7,136
Median age	46.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,440	$94,900
Median home value	$821,500	$898,300
Median gross rent	$1,997	$2,052
Housing units	4,239	2,422
Homeownership rate	64.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
Population	10,580 → 10,886 (+2.9%)	6,117 → 7,136 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$90,925 → $89,440 (-1.6%)	$92,235 → $94,900 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$543,900 → $821,500 (+51.0%)	$617,500 → $898,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,997 (+43.8%)	$1,941 → $2,052 (+5.7%)

Kapaa

Population

10,58010,886

Median household income

$90,925$89,440

Median home value

$543,900$821,500

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,997

Wailua Homesteads

Population

6,1177,136

Median household income

$92,235$94,900

Median home value

$617,500$898,300

Median gross rent

$1,941$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
Under 5	3.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	15.5%
75 and over	9.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	34.1%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.6%	2.7%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	17.3%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
Drove alone	79.2%	65.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	17.3%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
1-unit, detached	76.1%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Kapaa	Wailua Homesteads
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.5%
Average household size	3.00	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1985	1985