Kahului vs Waihee-Waiehu

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

Kahului and Waihee-Waiehu 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 11,369 in Waihee-Waiehu). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $92,062 in Kahului). Kahului has the higher median home value ($833,200 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	27,068	11,369
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,062	$128,266
Median home value	$833,200	$740,300
Median gross rent	$1,473	$2,224
Housing units	8,681	2,908
Homeownership rate	61.5%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	31,336 → 27,068 (-13.6%)	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$86,129 → $92,062 (+6.9%)	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$606,600 → $833,200 (+37.4%)	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,346 → $1,473 (+9.4%)	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)

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

Waihee-Waiehu

Population

9,31911,369

Median household income

$100,042$128,266

Median home value

$516,400$740,300

Median gross rent

$1,347$2,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.2%
75 and over	10.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
White (non-Hispanic)	10.2%	6.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	55.0%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.4%	21.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	17.5%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
No high school diploma	12.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
Drove alone	70.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	17.6%	11.7%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.2%
Other means	3.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
1-unit, detached	70.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	9.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kahului	Waihee-Waiehu
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.4%
Average household size	3.14	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1979	1989