Kaunakakai vs Kula

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

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

Kula has the higher population (6,557 vs 3,721 in Kaunakakai). Kula has the higher median household income ($91,476 vs $76,944 in Kaunakakai). Kula has the higher median home value ($1,117,300 vs $335,200 in Kaunakakai).

Population, income & housing

	Kaunakakai	Kula
Population	3,721	6,557
Median age	33.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$91,476
Median home value	$335,200	$1,117,300
Median gross rent	$905	$2,208
Housing units	1,455	2,781
Homeownership rate	56.7%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaunakakai	Kula
Population	3,038 → 3,721 (+22.5%)	7,621 → 6,557 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $76,944 (+119.8%)	$76,509 → $91,476 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$307,300 → $335,200 (+9.1%)	$1,047,100 → $1,117,300 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $905 (+8.3%)	$1,432 → $2,208 (+54.2%)

Kaunakakai

Population

3,0383,721

Median household income

$35,000$76,944

Median home value

$307,300$335,200

Median gross rent

$836$905

Kula

Population

7,6216,557

Median household income

$76,509$91,476

Median home value

$1,047,100$1,117,300

Median gross rent

$1,432$2,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kula
Under 5	2.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	26.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.3%
75 and over	9.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kula
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	51.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	11.2%	17.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	34.8%	5.2%
Some other race	0.0%	4.3%
Two or more races	32.1%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaunakakai	Kula
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kula
Drove alone	63.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.3%
Public transit	3.2%	0.4%
Walked	6.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.6%
Other means	7.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaunakakai	Kula
1-unit, detached	76.4%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaunakakai	Kula
Poverty rate	18.8%	12.1%
Average household size	3.38	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1975	1981