Kaanapali vs Kualapuu

A side-by-side comparison of Kaanapali and Kualapuu: population, income, housing, and more.

Kaanapali and Kualapuu are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kualapuu has the higher population (2,357 vs 1,216 in Kaanapali). Kaanapali has the higher median household income ($134,375 vs $52,500 in Kualapuu). Kaanapali has the higher median home value ($1,767,400 vs $258,900 in Kualapuu).

Population, income & housing

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
Population	1,216	2,357
Median age	61.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$134,375	$52,500
Median home value	$1,767,400	$258,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,500
Housing units	1,954	737
Homeownership rate	87.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
Population	930 → 1,216 (+30.8%)	1,693 → 2,357 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$116,111 → $134,375 (+15.7%)	$41,250 → $52,500 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$1,144,800 → $1,767,400 (+54.4%)	$172,700 → $258,900 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,681 → $3,501 (+30.6%)	$1,313 → $1,500 (+14.2%)

Kaanapali

Population

9301,216

Median household income

$116,111$134,375

Median home value

$1,144,800$1,767,400

Median gross rent

$2,681$3,501

Kualapuu

Population

1,6932,357

Median household income

$41,250$52,500

Median home value

$172,700$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
Under 5	5.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	23.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	26.7%	13.3%
75 and over	14.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	5.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	51.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.8%	30.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
Drove alone	52.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.7%	16.1%
Other means	4.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
1-unit, detached	30.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	53.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Kaanapali	Kualapuu
Poverty rate	6.3%	17.6%
Average household size	2.27	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1981	1976