Kaunakakai vs Keokea

A side-by-side comparison of Kaunakakai and Keokea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kaunakakai has the higher population (3,721 vs 3,049 in Keokea). Keokea has the higher median household income ($119,464 vs $76,944 in Kaunakakai). Keokea has the higher median home value ($749,100 vs $335,200 in Kaunakakai).

Population, income & housing

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
Population	3,721	3,049
Median age	33.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$119,464
Median home value	$335,200	$749,100
Median gross rent	$905	$1,918
Housing units	1,455	824
Homeownership rate	56.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
Population	3,038 → 3,721 (+22.5%)	2,248 → 3,049 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $76,944 (+119.8%)	$98,000 → $119,464 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$307,300 → $335,200 (+9.1%)	$655,400 → $749,100 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $905 (+8.3%)	$1,512 → $1,918 (+26.9%)

Kaunakakai

Population

3,0383,721

Median household income

$35,000$76,944

Median home value

$307,300$335,200

Median gross rent

$836$905

Keokea

Population

2,2483,049

Median household income

$98,000$119,464

Median home value

$655,400$749,100

Median gross rent

$1,512$1,918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
Under 5	2.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	26.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	9.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	16.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	34.8%	33.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	32.1%	33.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
Drove alone	63.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.1%
Public transit	3.2%	0.7%
Walked	6.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.6%
Other means	7.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
1-unit, detached	76.4%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kaunakakai	Keokea
Poverty rate	18.8%	9.6%
Average household size	3.38	3.81
Mean commute (minutes)	13	37
Median year structure built	1975	2002