Kekaha vs Kilauea

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

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

Kekaha has the higher population (3,482 vs 3,104 in Kilauea). Kilauea has the higher median household income ($86,382 vs $73,011 in Kekaha). Kilauea has the higher median home value ($1,011,000 vs $516,800 in Kekaha).

Population, income & housing

	Kekaha	Kilauea
Population	3,482	3,104
Median age	40.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,011	$86,382
Median home value	$516,800	$1,011,000
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,453
Housing units	1,163	1,154
Homeownership rate	67.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kekaha	Kilauea
Population	3,442 → 3,482 (+1.2%)	2,686 → 3,104 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$87,266 → $73,011 (-16.3%)	$88,029 → $86,382 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$390,700 → $516,800 (+32.3%)	$725,100 → $1,011,000 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $2,188 (+104.3%)	$1,958 → $1,453 (-25.8%)

Kekaha

Population

3,4423,482

Median household income

$87,266$73,011

Median home value

$390,700$516,800

Median gross rent

$1,071$2,188

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)

	Kekaha	Kilauea
Under 5	2.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.0%
75 and over	6.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kekaha	Kilauea
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	52.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	16.8%	14.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	27.1%	7.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.9%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kekaha	Kilauea
No high school diploma	18.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.6%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kekaha	Kilauea
Drove alone	77.3%	72.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	8.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kekaha	Kilauea
1-unit, detached	90.9%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kekaha	Kilauea
Poverty rate	16.0%	16.9%
Average household size	3.49	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1977	1985