Kahului vs Kihei

A side-by-side comparison of Kahului and Kihei: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kahului has the higher population (27,068 vs 22,564 in Kihei). Kahului has the higher median household income ($92,062 vs $87,568 in Kihei). Kihei has the higher median home value ($871,600 vs $833,200 in Kahului).

Population, income & housing

	Kahului	Kihei
Population	27,068	22,564
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,062	$87,568
Median home value	$833,200	$871,600
Median gross rent	$1,473	$2,021
Housing units	8,681	12,072
Homeownership rate	61.5%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahului	Kihei
Population	31,336 → 27,068 (-13.6%)	22,402 → 22,564 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$86,129 → $92,062 (+6.9%)	$78,869 → $87,568 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$606,600 → $833,200 (+37.4%)	$590,200 → $871,600 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,346 → $1,473 (+9.4%)	$1,642 → $2,021 (+23.1%)

Kahului

Population

31,33627,068

Median household income

$86,129$92,062

Median home value

$606,600$833,200

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,473

Kihei

Population

22,40222,564

Median household income

$78,869$87,568

Median home value

$590,200$871,600

Median gross rent

$1,642$2,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahului	Kihei
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.6%
75 and over	10.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahului	Kihei
White (non-Hispanic)	10.2%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	55.0%	20.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.4%	2.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	17.5%	20.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahului	Kihei
No high school diploma	12.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahului	Kihei
Drove alone	70.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	17.6%	12.7%
Public transit	2.6%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.1%
Other means	3.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahului	Kihei
1-unit, detached	70.2%	35.3%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	17.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	28.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Kahului	Kihei
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.3%
Average household size	3.14	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1979	1987