Kahului vs Lahaina

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

Kahului and Lahaina 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 11,423 in Lahaina). Kahului has the higher median household income ($92,062 vs $85,988 in Lahaina). Lahaina has the higher median home value ($841,400 vs $833,200 in Kahului).

Population, income & housing

	Kahului	Lahaina
Population	27,068	11,423
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,062	$85,988
Median home value	$833,200	$841,400
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,988
Housing units	8,681	3,959
Homeownership rate	61.5%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahului	Lahaina
Population	31,336 → 27,068 (-13.6%)	12,776 → 11,423 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$86,129 → $92,062 (+6.9%)	$75,850 → $85,988 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$606,600 → $833,200 (+37.4%)	$686,800 → $841,400 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,346 → $1,473 (+9.4%)	$1,333 → $1,988 (+49.1%)

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

Lahaina

Population

12,77611,423

Median household income

$75,850$85,988

Median home value

$686,800$841,400

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahului	Lahaina
Under 5	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.3%
75 and over	10.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahului	Lahaina
White (non-Hispanic)	10.2%	25.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	55.0%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.4%	5.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	17.5%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahului	Lahaina
No high school diploma	12.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahului	Lahaina
Drove alone	70.5%	67.5%
Carpooled	17.6%	13.1%
Public transit	2.6%	2.6%
Walked	1.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	4.3%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.0%
Other means	3.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahului	Lahaina
1-unit, detached	70.2%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	16.9%
20 or more units	9.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kahului	Lahaina
Poverty rate	9.3%	12.9%
Average household size	3.14	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1979	1980