Kihei vs Lahaina

A side-by-side comparison of Kihei and Lahaina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kihei has the higher population (22,564 vs 11,423 in Lahaina). Kihei has the higher median household income ($87,568 vs $85,988 in Lahaina). Kihei has the higher median home value ($871,600 vs $841,400 in Lahaina).

Population, income & housing

	Kihei	Lahaina
Population	22,564	11,423
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,568	$85,988
Median home value	$871,600	$841,400
Median gross rent	$2,021	$1,988
Housing units	12,072	3,959
Homeownership rate	59.4%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kihei	Lahaina
Population	22,402 → 22,564 (+0.7%)	12,776 → 11,423 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$78,869 → $87,568 (+11.0%)	$75,850 → $85,988 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$590,200 → $871,600 (+47.7%)	$686,800 → $841,400 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,642 → $2,021 (+23.1%)	$1,333 → $1,988 (+49.1%)

Kihei

Population

22,40222,564

Median household income

$78,869$87,568

Median home value

$590,200$871,600

Median gross rent

$1,642$2,021

Lahaina

Population

12,77611,423

Median household income

$75,850$85,988

Median home value

$686,800$841,400

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kihei	Lahaina
Under 5	5.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.3%
75 and over	6.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kihei	Lahaina
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	25.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.2%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	5.6%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	20.4%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kihei	Lahaina
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kihei	Lahaina
Drove alone	70.8%	67.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	13.1%
Public transit	1.4%	2.6%
Walked	1.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	4.3%
Worked from home	12.1%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kihei	Lahaina
1-unit, detached	35.3%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	16.9%
20 or more units	28.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kihei	Lahaina
Poverty rate	9.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.75	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1987	1980