Kaunakakai vs Kualapuu

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

Kaunakakai and Kualapuu 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 2,357 in Kualapuu). Kaunakakai has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $52,500 in Kualapuu). Kaunakakai has the higher median home value ($335,200 vs $258,900 in Kualapuu).

Population, income & housing

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
Population	3,721	2,357
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$52,500
Median home value	$335,200	$258,900
Median gross rent	$905	$1,500
Housing units	1,455	737
Homeownership rate	56.7%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
Population	3,038 → 3,721 (+22.5%)	1,693 → 2,357 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $76,944 (+119.8%)	$41,250 → $52,500 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$307,300 → $335,200 (+9.1%)	$172,700 → $258,900 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $905 (+8.3%)	$1,313 → $1,500 (+14.2%)

Kaunakakai

Population

3,0383,721

Median household income

$35,000$76,944

Median home value

$307,300$335,200

Median gross rent

$836$905

Kualapuu

Population

1,6932,357

Median household income

$41,250$52,500

Median home value

$172,700$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
Under 5	2.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	26.9%	23.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.3%
75 and over	9.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	5.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.2%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	34.8%	51.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	32.1%	30.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
Drove alone	63.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.9%
Public transit	3.2%	0.5%
Walked	6.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	16.1%
Other means	7.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
1-unit, detached	76.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Kaunakakai	Kualapuu
Poverty rate	18.8%	17.6%
Average household size	3.38	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1975	1976