Puhi vs Wailua Homesteads

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

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

Wailua Homesteads has the higher population (7,136 vs 4,381 in Puhi). Puhi has the higher median household income ($132,645 vs $94,900 in Wailua Homesteads). Wailua Homesteads has the higher median home value ($898,300 vs $654,600 in Puhi).

Population, income & housing

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
Population	4,381	7,136
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,645	$94,900
Median home value	$654,600	$898,300
Median gross rent	$2,641	$2,052
Housing units	1,246	2,422
Homeownership rate	82.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
Population	3,850 → 4,381 (+13.8%)	6,117 → 7,136 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$87,408 → $132,645 (+51.8%)	$92,235 → $94,900 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$465,100 → $654,600 (+40.7%)	$617,500 → $898,300 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,704 → $2,641 (+55.0%)	$1,941 → $2,052 (+5.7%)

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

Wailua Homesteads

Population

6,1177,136

Median household income

$92,235$94,900

Median home value

$617,500$898,300

Median gross rent

$1,941$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
Under 5	7.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	46.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	57.2%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.1%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	22.4%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
No high school diploma	9.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
Drove alone	79.9%	65.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	16.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
1-unit, detached	45.7%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	27.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Puhi	Wailua Homesteads
Poverty rate	5.9%	7.5%
Average household size	3.78	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1994	1985