Kaumakani vs Wainiha

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

Kaumakani and Wainiha 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 319 in Wainiha). Wainiha has the higher median household income ($103,906 vs $89,637 in Kaumakani). Since 2019, Wainiha's population has grown faster (+92.2% vs +39.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
Population	1,361	319
Median age	43.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,637	$103,906
Median home value	—	$918,000
Median gross rent	$1,022	—
Housing units	328	106
Homeownership rate	0.0%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
Population	975 → 1,361 (+39.6%)	166 → 319 (+92.2%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $89,637 (+27.3%)	$28,500 → $103,906 (+264.6%)
Median home value	—	$525,000 → $918,000 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,022 (+31.4%)	$933 → $1,075 (+15.2%)

Kaumakani

Population

9751,361

Median household income

$70,417$89,637

Median gross rent

$778$1,022

Wainiha

Population

166319

Median household income

$28,500$103,906

Median home value

$525,000$918,000

Median gross rent

$933$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
Under 5	2.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	31.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	1.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	4.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	19.1%
75 and over	12.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	86.9%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	37.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
No high school diploma	37.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	42.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
Drove alone	50.9%	59.6%
Carpooled	39.7%	17.6%
Public transit	8.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
1-unit, detached	96.6%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaumakani	Wainiha
Poverty rate	10.2%	5.0%
Average household size	4.43	4.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1938	1989