Haiku-Pauwela vs Napili-Honokowai

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

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

Haiku-Pauwela has the higher population (9,290 vs 6,897 in Napili-Honokowai). Napili-Honokowai has the higher median household income ($102,337 vs $99,520 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $775,500 in Napili-Honokowai).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
Population	9,290	6,897
Median age	38.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$102,337
Median home value	$1,019,400	$775,500
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,116
Housing units	3,690	4,079
Homeownership rate	65.9%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	6,739 → 6,897 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$73,970 → $102,337 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$654,900 → $775,500 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,731 → $2,116 (+22.2%)

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

Napili-Honokowai

Population

6,7396,897

Median household income

$73,970$102,337

Median home value

$654,900$775,500

Median gross rent

$1,731$2,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
Under 5	7.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.1%
75 and over	4.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	35.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	7.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	24.0%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
Drove alone	79.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
1-unit, detached	87.2%	25.8%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	40.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Napili-Honokowai
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1992	1979