Kilauea vs Wailua

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

Kilauea and Wailua 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 2,544 in Wailua). Kilauea has the higher median household income ($86,382 vs $68,548 in Wailua). Kilauea has the higher median home value ($1,011,000 vs $697,300 in Wailua).

Population, income & housing

	Kilauea	Wailua
Population	3,104	2,544
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,382	$68,548
Median home value	$1,011,000	$697,300
Median gross rent	$1,453	$2,272
Housing units	1,154	1,517
Homeownership rate	78.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilauea	Wailua
Population	2,686 → 3,104 (+15.6%)	2,915 → 2,544 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$88,029 → $86,382 (-1.9%)	$56,927 → $68,548 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$725,100 → $1,011,000 (+39.4%)	$492,800 → $697,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,958 → $1,453 (-25.8%)	$1,430 → $2,272 (+58.9%)

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

Wailua

Population

2,9152,544

Median household income

$56,927$68,548

Median home value

$492,800$697,300

Median gross rent

$1,430$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kilauea	Wailua
Under 5	6.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	18.0%	15.9%
75 and over	2.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilauea	Wailua
White (non-Hispanic)	52.7%	38.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilauea	Wailua
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilauea	Wailua
Drove alone	72.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.3%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilauea	Wailua
1-unit, detached	86.9%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	32.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kilauea	Wailua
Poverty rate	16.9%	20.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1985	1976