Kualapuu vs Lanai City

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

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

Lanai City has the higher population (3,283 vs 2,357 in Kualapuu). Lanai City has the higher median household income ($79,405 vs $52,500 in Kualapuu). Lanai City has the higher median home value ($547,400 vs $258,900 in Kualapuu).

Population, income & housing

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
Population	2,357	3,283
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$79,405
Median home value	$258,900	$547,400
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,092
Housing units	737	1,498
Homeownership rate	78.8%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
Population	1,693 → 2,357 (+39.2%)	2,705 → 3,283 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $52,500 (+27.3%)	$55,714 → $79,405 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $258,900 (+49.9%)	$419,400 → $547,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,500 (+14.2%)	$1,059 → $1,092 (+3.1%)

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

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)

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
Under 5	7.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	9.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	48.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	51.8%	10.9%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	30.5%	22.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	43.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
Drove alone	66.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	13.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	2.1%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	16.1%	6.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
1-unit, detached	86.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kualapuu	Lanai City
Poverty rate	17.6%	7.4%
Average household size	3.60	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1976	1974