Kapalua vs Manele

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

Kapalua and Manele 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 50 in Manele). Manele has the higher median home value ($1,975,000 vs $1,392,900 in Kapalua). Since 2019, Manele's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs +34.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Kapalua	Manele
Population	392	50
Median age	57.0 yrs	71.3 yrs
Median household income	$152,292	—
Median home value	$1,392,900	$1,975,000
Housing units	1,058	78
Homeownership rate	86.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapalua	Manele
Population	291 → 392 (+34.7%)	25 → 50 (+100.0%)
Median household income	$170,556 → $152,292 (-10.7%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $1,392,900 (-30.4%)	$1,958,300 → $1,975,000 (+0.9%)
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

Manele

Population

2550

Median home value

$1,958,300$1,975,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapalua	Manele
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.9%	16.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	22.4%	50.0%
75 and over	9.9%	34.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapalua	Manele
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	28.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapalua	Manele
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapalua	Manele
Drove alone	60.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	1.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	27.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapalua	Manele
1-unit, detached	27.3%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	37.2%
5 to 19 units	41.6%	5.1%
20 or more units	15.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapalua	Manele
Poverty rate	4.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.38	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1978	1999