Kapalua vs Maalaea

A side-by-side comparison of Kapalua and Maalaea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kapalua has the higher population (392 vs 242 in Maalaea). Kapalua has the higher median household income ($152,292 vs $93,750 in Maalaea). Kapalua has the higher median home value ($1,392,900 vs $612,500 in Maalaea).

Population, income & housing

	Kapalua	Maalaea
Population	392	242
Median age	57.0 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$152,292	$93,750
Median home value	$1,392,900	$612,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,163
Housing units	1,058	611
Homeownership rate	86.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapalua	Maalaea
Population	291 → 392 (+34.7%)	261 → 242 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$170,556 → $152,292 (-10.7%)	$79,375 → $93,750 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $1,392,900 (-30.4%)	$390,600 → $612,500 (+56.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,500 → $3,173 (+26.9%)	$1,603 → $2,163 (+34.9%)

Kapalua

Population

291392

Median household income

$170,556$152,292

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,392,900

Median gross rent

$2,500$3,173

Maalaea

Population

261242

Median household income

$79,375$93,750

Median home value

$390,600$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,603$2,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapalua	Maalaea
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	1.7%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	19.4%
65 to 74	22.4%	29.3%
75 and over	9.9%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapalua	Maalaea
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	7.1%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	8.9%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapalua	Maalaea
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	15.2%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapalua	Maalaea
Drove alone	60.9%	64.0%
Carpooled	1.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.6%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	19.1%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapalua	Maalaea
1-unit, detached	27.3%	1.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	41.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	15.3%	84.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapalua	Maalaea
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.38	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1978	—