Poipu vs Princeville

A side-by-side comparison of Poipu and Princeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Princeville has the higher population (1,794 vs 1,418 in Poipu). Poipu has the higher median household income ($138,864 vs $106,938 in Princeville). Princeville has the higher median home value ($1,215,000 vs $1,115,300 in Poipu).

Population, income & housing

	Poipu	Princeville
Population	1,418	1,794
Median age	51.5 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$138,864	$106,938
Median home value	$1,115,300	$1,215,000
Median gross rent	$2,554	—
Housing units	1,832	2,703
Homeownership rate	75.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	63.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poipu	Princeville
Population	993 → 1,418 (+42.8%)	1,669 → 1,794 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$79,792 → $138,864 (+74.0%)	$70,833 → $106,938 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$940,500 → $1,115,300 (+18.6%)	$851,200 → $1,215,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,415 → $2,554 (+80.5%)	$1,594 → $1,375 (-13.7%)

Poipu

Population

9931,418

Median household income

$79,792$138,864

Median home value

$940,500$1,115,300

Median gross rent

$1,415$2,554

Princeville

Population

1,6691,794

Median household income

$70,833$106,938

Median home value

$851,200$1,215,000

Median gross rent

$1,594$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poipu	Princeville
Under 5	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	19.5%	26.3%
75 and over	11.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poipu	Princeville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.8%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	26.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poipu	Princeville
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	15.7%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	41.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poipu	Princeville
Drove alone	55.7%	50.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	7.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	40.4%
Other means	2.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poipu	Princeville
1-unit, detached	39.5%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	26.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	25.8%	41.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Poipu	Princeville
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1981	1983