Kaanapali vs Launiupoko

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

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

Kaanapali has the higher population (1,216 vs 669 in Launiupoko). Launiupoko has the higher median household income ($148,333 vs $134,375 in Kaanapali). Launiupoko has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,767,400 in Kaanapali).

Population, income & housing

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
Population	1,216	669
Median age	61.0 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$134,375	$148,333
Median home value	$1,767,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	1,954	341
Homeownership rate	87.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
Population	930 → 1,216 (+30.8%)	538 → 669 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$116,111 → $134,375 (+15.7%)	$137,321 → $148,333 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$1,144,800 → $1,767,400 (+54.4%)	$1,642,900 → $2,000,001 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,681 → $3,501 (+30.6%)	$2,719 → $3,501 (+28.8%)

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

Launiupoko

Population

538669

Median household income

$137,321$148,333

Median home value

$1,642,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,719$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
Under 5	5.1%	0.4%
5 to 17	8.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	5.9%	18.4%
55 to 64	20.9%	20.0%
65 to 74	26.7%	20.6%
75 and over	14.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	6.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	19.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
Drove alone	52.8%	58.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.7%	31.4%
Other means	4.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
1-unit, detached	30.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	53.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaanapali	Launiupoko
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1981	2007