Kapalua vs Maunaloa

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

Kapalua and Maunaloa 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 292 in Maunaloa). Kapalua has the higher median household income ($152,292 vs $55,455 in Maunaloa). Kapalua has the higher median home value ($1,392,900 vs $365,800 in Maunaloa).

Population, income & housing

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
Population	392	292
Median age	57.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$152,292	$55,455
Median home value	$1,392,900	$365,800
Median gross rent	—	$839
Housing units	1,058	137
Homeownership rate	86.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
Population	291 → 392 (+34.7%)	336 → 292 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$170,556 → $152,292 (-10.7%)	$25,417 → $55,455 (+118.2%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $1,392,900 (-30.4%)	$248,300 → $365,800 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,500 → $3,173 (+26.9%)	$650 → $839 (+29.1%)

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

Maunaloa

Population

336292

Median household income

$25,417$55,455

Median home value

$248,300$365,800

Median gross rent

$650$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
Under 5	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	24.7%
18 to 24	0.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	2.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	19.9%	3.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	21.6%
65 to 74	22.4%	5.5%
75 and over	9.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	9.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	7.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	44.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	38.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.2%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
Drove alone	60.9%	56.2%
Carpooled	1.4%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	25.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	4.4%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
1-unit, detached	27.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	41.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapalua	Maunaloa
Poverty rate	4.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1978	1992