Haiku-Pauwela vs Lahaina

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

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

Lahaina has the higher population (11,423 vs 9,290 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median household income ($99,520 vs $85,988 in Lahaina). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $841,400 in Lahaina).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
Population	9,290	11,423
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$85,988
Median home value	$1,019,400	$841,400
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,988
Housing units	3,690	3,959
Homeownership rate	65.9%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	12,776 → 11,423 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$75,850 → $85,988 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$686,800 → $841,400 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,333 → $1,988 (+49.1%)

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

Lahaina

Population

12,77611,423

Median household income

$75,850$85,988

Median home value

$686,800$841,400

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
Under 5	7.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.3%
75 and over	4.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	25.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	5.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	24.0%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
Drove alone	79.2%	67.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
1-unit, detached	87.2%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Lahaina
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.75	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1992	1980