Kekaha vs Lawai

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

Kekaha and Lawai 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 2,775 in Lawai). Lawai has the higher median household income ($104,826 vs $73,011 in Kekaha). Lawai has the higher median home value ($853,700 vs $516,800 in Kekaha).

Population, income & housing

	Kekaha	Lawai
Population	3,482	2,775
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,011	$104,826
Median home value	$516,800	$853,700
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,917
Housing units	1,163	933
Homeownership rate	67.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kekaha	Lawai
Population	3,442 → 3,482 (+1.2%)	2,047 → 2,775 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$87,266 → $73,011 (-16.3%)	$75,313 → $104,826 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$390,700 → $516,800 (+32.3%)	$589,200 → $853,700 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $2,188 (+104.3%)	$1,714 → $1,917 (+11.8%)

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

Lawai

Population

2,0472,775

Median household income

$75,313$104,826

Median home value

$589,200$853,700

Median gross rent

$1,714$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kekaha	Lawai
Under 5	2.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	24.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	6.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kekaha	Lawai
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	16.8%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	27.1%	5.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	37.9%	20.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kekaha	Lawai
No high school diploma	18.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kekaha	Lawai
Drove alone	77.3%	67.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	7.1%
Public transit	1.6%	3.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kekaha	Lawai
1-unit, detached	90.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kekaha	Lawai
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.9%
Average household size	3.49	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1977	1983