Haiku-Pauwela vs Wailea

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

Haiku-Pauwela and Wailea 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 6,571 in Wailea). Haiku-Pauwela has the higher median household income ($99,520 vs $89,375 in Wailea). Wailea has the higher median home value ($1,363,700 vs $1,019,400 in Haiku-Pauwela).

Population, income & housing

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
Population	9,290	6,571
Median age	38.5 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,520	$89,375
Median home value	$1,019,400	$1,363,700
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,485
Housing units	3,690	6,125
Homeownership rate	65.9%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
Population	8,987 → 9,290 (+3.4%)	6,218 → 6,571 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$88,093 → $99,520 (+13.0%)	$81,932 → $89,375 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$793,800 → $1,019,400 (+28.4%)	$1,042,100 → $1,363,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,912 → $2,341 (+22.4%)	$1,891 → $2,485 (+31.4%)

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

Wailea

Population

6,2186,571

Median household income

$81,932$89,375

Median home value

$1,042,100$1,363,700

Median gross rent

$1,891$2,485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
Under 5	7.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	21.0%
75 and over	4.7%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
White (non-Hispanic)	51.6%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.4%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.2%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
Drove alone	79.2%	57.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	27.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
1-unit, detached	87.2%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	27.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haiku-Pauwela	Wailea
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1992	1988