Kapalua vs Makena

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

Kapalua and Makena 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 118 in Makena). Makena has the higher median household income ($188,750 vs $152,292 in Kapalua). Makena has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,392,900 in Kapalua).

Population, income & housing

	Kapalua	Makena
Population	392	118
Median age	57.0 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$152,292	$188,750
Median home value	$1,392,900	$2,000,001
Housing units	1,058	106
Homeownership rate	86.1%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapalua	Makena
Population	291 → 392 (+34.7%)	142 → 118 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$170,556 → $152,292 (-10.7%)	$52,917 → $188,750 (+256.7%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $1,392,900 (-30.4%)	$1,605,800 → $2,000,001 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,500 → $3,173 (+26.9%)	—

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

Makena

Population

142118

Median household income

$52,917$188,750

Median home value

$1,605,800$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapalua	Makena
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	3.4%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.0%	2.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	2.5%
45 to 54	19.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	30.5%
65 to 74	22.4%	31.4%
75 and over	9.9%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapalua	Makena
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	6.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapalua	Makena
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	15.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapalua	Makena
Drove alone	60.9%	42.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	47.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	7.5%
Other means	4.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapalua	Makena
1-unit, detached	27.3%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	41.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	15.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapalua	Makena
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1978	2001