Kaanapali vs Mahinahina

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

Kaanapali and Mahinahina 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 1,051 in Mahinahina). Mahinahina has the higher median household income ($161,875 vs $134,375 in Kaanapali). Kaanapali has the higher median home value ($1,767,400 vs $1,153,700 in Mahinahina).

Population, income & housing

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
Population	1,216	1,051
Median age	61.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$134,375	$161,875
Median home value	$1,767,400	$1,153,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,712
Housing units	1,954	413
Homeownership rate	87.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	18.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
Population	930 → 1,216 (+30.8%)	917 → 1,051 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$116,111 → $134,375 (+15.7%)	$122,639 → $161,875 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$1,144,800 → $1,767,400 (+54.4%)	$794,800 → $1,153,700 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,681 → $3,501 (+30.6%)	$2,114 → $2,712 (+28.3%)

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

Mahinahina

Population

9171,051

Median household income

$122,639$161,875

Median home value

$794,800$1,153,700

Median gross rent

$2,114$2,712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.5%	2.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	5.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	22.2%
55 to 64	20.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	26.7%	9.9%
75 and over	14.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	13.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
Drove alone	52.8%	63.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	36.7%	14.9%
Other means	4.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
1-unit, detached	30.6%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	18.2%
20 or more units	53.2%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaanapali	Mahinahina
Poverty rate	6.3%	1.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1981	2003