Kilauea vs Puhi

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

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

Puhi has the higher population (4,381 vs 3,104 in Kilauea). Puhi has the higher median household income ($132,645 vs $86,382 in Kilauea). Kilauea has the higher median home value ($1,011,000 vs $654,600 in Puhi).

Population, income & housing

	Kilauea	Puhi
Population	3,104	4,381
Median age	42.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,382	$132,645
Median home value	$1,011,000	$654,600
Median gross rent	$1,453	$2,641
Housing units	1,154	1,246
Homeownership rate	78.1%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilauea	Puhi
Population	2,686 → 3,104 (+15.6%)	3,850 → 4,381 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$88,029 → $86,382 (-1.9%)	$87,408 → $132,645 (+51.8%)
Median home value	$725,100 → $1,011,000 (+39.4%)	$465,100 → $654,600 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,958 → $1,453 (-25.8%)	$1,704 → $2,641 (+55.0%)

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

Puhi

Population

3,8504,381

Median household income

$87,408$132,645

Median home value

$465,100$654,600

Median gross rent

$1,704$2,641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kilauea	Puhi
Under 5	6.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	17.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	18.0%	8.9%
75 and over	2.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilauea	Puhi
White (non-Hispanic)	52.7%	13.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	14.8%	57.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	3.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	22.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilauea	Puhi
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilauea	Puhi
Drove alone	72.0%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.2%	1.6%
Other means	4.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilauea	Puhi
1-unit, detached	86.9%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	27.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kilauea	Puhi
Poverty rate	16.9%	5.9%
Average household size	3.08	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1985	1994