Kualapuu vs Paia

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

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

Paia has the higher population (2,629 vs 2,357 in Kualapuu). Paia has the higher median household income ($120,735 vs $52,500 in Kualapuu). Paia has the higher median home value ($881,100 vs $258,900 in Kualapuu).

Population, income & housing

	Kualapuu	Paia
Population	2,357	2,629
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$120,735
Median home value	$258,900	$881,100
Median gross rent	$1,500	$2,446
Housing units	737	973
Homeownership rate	78.8%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kualapuu	Paia
Population	1,693 → 2,357 (+39.2%)	2,249 → 2,629 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $52,500 (+27.3%)	$100,250 → $120,735 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $258,900 (+49.9%)	$695,400 → $881,100 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,500 (+14.2%)	$2,210 → $2,446 (+10.7%)

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

Paia

Population

2,2492,629

Median household income

$100,250$120,735

Median home value

$695,400$881,100

Median gross rent

$2,210$2,446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kualapuu	Paia
Under 5	7.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	19.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.7%
75 and over	5.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kualapuu	Paia
White (non-Hispanic)	5.9%	39.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	4.5%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	51.8%	15.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	30.5%	18.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kualapuu	Paia
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	43.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kualapuu	Paia
Drove alone	66.7%	59.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	16.1%	25.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kualapuu	Paia
1-unit, detached	86.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Kualapuu	Paia
Poverty rate	17.6%	15.1%
Average household size	3.60	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1976	1976