Kilauea vs Lawai

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

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

Kilauea has the higher population (3,104 vs 2,775 in Lawai). Lawai has the higher median household income ($104,826 vs $86,382 in Kilauea). Kilauea has the higher median home value ($1,011,000 vs $853,700 in Lawai).

Population, income & housing

	Kilauea	Lawai
Population	3,104	2,775
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,382	$104,826
Median home value	$1,011,000	$853,700
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,917
Housing units	1,154	933
Homeownership rate	78.1%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilauea	Lawai
Population	2,686 → 3,104 (+15.6%)	2,047 → 2,775 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$88,029 → $86,382 (-1.9%)	$75,313 → $104,826 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$725,100 → $1,011,000 (+39.4%)	$589,200 → $853,700 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,958 → $1,453 (-25.8%)	$1,714 → $1,917 (+11.8%)

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

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)

	Kilauea	Lawai
Under 5	6.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	10.6%
75 and over	2.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilauea	Lawai
White (non-Hispanic)	52.7%	33.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	5.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	16.8%	20.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilauea	Lawai
No high school diploma	6.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	32.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilauea	Lawai
Drove alone	72.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	21.3%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilauea	Lawai
1-unit, detached	86.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kilauea	Lawai
Poverty rate	16.9%	8.9%
Average household size	3.08	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1985	1983