Kaunakakai vs Lanai City

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

Kaunakakai and Lanai City 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 3,283 in Lanai City). Lanai City has the higher median household income ($79,405 vs $76,944 in Kaunakakai). Lanai City has the higher median home value ($547,400 vs $335,200 in Kaunakakai).

Population, income & housing

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
Population	3,721	3,283
Median age	33.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$79,405
Median home value	$335,200	$547,400
Median gross rent	$905	$1,092
Housing units	1,455	1,498
Homeownership rate	56.7%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
Population	3,038 → 3,721 (+22.5%)	2,705 → 3,283 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $76,944 (+119.8%)	$55,714 → $79,405 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$307,300 → $335,200 (+9.1%)	$419,400 → $547,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $905 (+8.3%)	$1,059 → $1,092 (+3.1%)

Kaunakakai

Population

3,0383,721

Median household income

$35,000$76,944

Median home value

$307,300$335,200

Median gross rent

$836$905

Lanai City

Population

2,7053,283

Median household income

$55,714$79,405

Median home value

$419,400$547,400

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
Under 5	2.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	26.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	6.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.0%
75 and over	9.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	9.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	48.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	34.8%	10.9%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	32.1%	22.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
Drove alone	63.4%	69.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	13.3%
Public transit	3.2%	0.8%
Walked	6.8%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.6%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
1-unit, detached	76.4%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaunakakai	Lanai City
Poverty rate	18.8%	7.4%
Average household size	3.38	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1975	1974