Haiku-Pauwela vs Kahului

A side-by-side comparison of Haiku-Pauwela and Kahului: population, income, housing, and more.

Haiku-Pauwela and Kahului are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kahului has the higher population (27,068 vs 9,290 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median household income ($99,520 vs $92,062 in Kahului). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $833,200 in Kahului).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
Population	9,290	27,068
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$92,062
Median home value	$1,019,400	$833,200
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,473
Housing units	3,690	8,681
Homeownership rate	65.9%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	31,336 → 27,068 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$86,129 → $92,062 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$606,600 → $833,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,346 → $1,473 (+9.4%)

Haiku-Pauwela

Population

8,9879,290

Median household income

$88,093$99,520

Median home value

$793,800$1,019,400

Median gross rent

$1,912$2,341

Kahului

Population

31,33627,068

Median household income

$86,129$92,062

Median home value

$606,600$833,200

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
Under 5	7.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.1%
75 and over	4.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	10.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.4%	55.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	9.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	24.0%	17.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
No high school diploma	9.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
Drove alone	79.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
1-unit, detached	87.2%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kahului
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.75	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1992	1979