Kaumakani vs Poipu

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

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

Poipu has the higher population (1,418 vs 1,361 in Kaumakani). Poipu has the higher median household income ($138,864 vs $89,637 in Kaumakani). Since 2019, Poipu's population has grown faster (+42.8% vs +39.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Kaumakani	Poipu
Population	1,361	1,418
Median age	43.5 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,637	$138,864
Median home value	—	$1,115,300
Median gross rent	$1,022	$2,554
Housing units	328	1,832
Homeownership rate	0.0%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaumakani	Poipu
Population	975 → 1,361 (+39.6%)	993 → 1,418 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $89,637 (+27.3%)	$79,792 → $138,864 (+74.0%)
Median home value	—	$940,500 → $1,115,300 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,022 (+31.4%)	$1,415 → $2,554 (+80.5%)

Kaumakani

Population

9751,361

Median household income

$70,417$89,637

Median gross rent

$778$1,022

Poipu

Population

9931,418

Median household income

$79,792$138,864

Median home value

$940,500$1,115,300

Median gross rent

$1,415$2,554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaumakani	Poipu
Under 5	2.2%	15.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	2.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	19.5%
75 and over	12.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaumakani	Poipu
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	52.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	86.9%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	26.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaumakani	Poipu
No high school diploma	37.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaumakani	Poipu
Drove alone	50.9%	55.7%
Carpooled	39.7%	12.1%
Public transit	8.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaumakani	Poipu
1-unit, detached	96.6%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaumakani	Poipu
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.2%
Average household size	4.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1938	1981