Haiku-Pauwela vs Pukalani

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

Haiku-Pauwela and Pukalani 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 8,490 in Pukalani). Pukalani has the higher median household income ($120,707 vs $99,520 in Haiku-Pauwela). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median home value ($1,019,400 vs $926,100 in Pukalani).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
Population	9,290	8,490
Median age	38.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$120,707
Median home value	$1,019,400	$926,100
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,816
Housing units	3,690	3,037
Homeownership rate	65.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	7,695 → 8,490 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$86,018 → $120,707 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$674,300 → $926,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,802 → $1,816 (+0.8%)

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

Pukalani

Population

7,6958,490

Median household income

$86,018$120,707

Median home value

$674,300$926,100

Median gross rent

$1,802$1,816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
Under 5	7.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	29.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	8.4%	21.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	2.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.0%	29.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
No high school diploma	9.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
Drove alone	79.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
1-unit, detached	87.2%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Pukalani
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1992	1987