Koloa vs Wailua

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

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

Wailua has the higher population (2,544 vs 2,327 in Koloa). Koloa has the higher median household income ($76,316 vs $68,548 in Wailua). Koloa has the higher median home value ($873,900 vs $697,300 in Wailua).

Population, income & housing

	Koloa	Wailua
Population	2,327	2,544
Median age	39.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,316	$68,548
Median home value	$873,900	$697,300
Median gross rent	$1,505	$2,272
Housing units	795	1,517
Homeownership rate	48.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Koloa	Wailua
Population	2,739 → 2,327 (-15.0%)	2,915 → 2,544 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$45,192 → $76,316 (+68.9%)	$56,927 → $68,548 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $873,900 (+47.7%)	$492,800 → $697,300 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,505 (+38.6%)	$1,430 → $2,272 (+58.9%)

Koloa

Population

2,7392,327

Median household income

$45,192$76,316

Median home value

$591,500$873,900

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,505

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)

	Koloa	Wailua
Under 5	6.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.9%
75 and over	8.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Koloa	Wailua
White (non-Hispanic)	22.9%	38.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.5%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.0%	2.7%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.5%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Koloa	Wailua
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Koloa	Wailua
Drove alone	81.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	15.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.1%
Walked	4.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Koloa	Wailua
1-unit, detached	61.8%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	32.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Koloa	Wailua
Poverty rate	7.2%	20.5%
Average household size	3.28	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1981	1976