Kapalua vs Ualapue

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

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

Ualapue has the higher population (490 vs 392 in Kapalua). Kapalua has the higher median household income ($152,292 vs $62,750 in Ualapue). Kapalua has the higher median home value ($1,392,900 vs $291,700 in Ualapue).

Population, income & housing

	Kapalua	Ualapue
Population	392	490
Median age	57.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$152,292	$62,750
Median home value	$1,392,900	$291,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,806
Housing units	1,058	276
Homeownership rate	86.1%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kapalua	Ualapue
Population	291 → 392 (+34.7%)	448 → 490 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$170,556 → $152,292 (-10.7%)	$49,688 → $62,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $1,392,900 (-30.4%)	$276,800 → $291,700 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,500 → $3,173 (+26.9%)	$1,417 → $1,806 (+27.5%)

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

Ualapue

Population

448490

Median household income

$49,688$62,750

Median home value

$276,800$291,700

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kapalua	Ualapue
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	2.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	19.9%	7.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	22.4%	19.6%
75 and over	9.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kapalua	Ualapue
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	28.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.9%	32.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kapalua	Ualapue
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	15.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kapalua	Ualapue
Drove alone	60.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	1.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	13.1%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kapalua	Ualapue
1-unit, detached	27.3%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	41.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	15.3%	29.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kapalua	Ualapue
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1978	1978