Haiku-Pauwela vs Kihei

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

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

Kihei has the higher population (22,564 vs 9,290 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median household income ($99,520 vs $87,568 in Kihei). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $871,600 in Kihei).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
Population	9,290	22,564
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$87,568
Median home value	$1,019,400	$871,600
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,021
Housing units	3,690	12,072
Homeownership rate	65.9%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	22,402 → 22,564 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$78,869 → $87,568 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$590,200 → $871,600 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,642 → $2,021 (+23.1%)

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

Kihei

Population

22,40222,564

Median household income

$78,869$87,568

Median home value

$590,200$871,600

Median gross rent

$1,642$2,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.6%
75 and over	4.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	20.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	2.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	24.0%	20.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
Drove alone	79.2%	70.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
1-unit, detached	87.2%	35.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	17.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	28.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Kihei
Poverty rate	9.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1992	1987