Kula vs Napili-Honokowai

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

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

Napili-Honokowai has the higher population (6,897 vs 6,557 in Kula). Napili-Honokowai has the higher median household income ($102,337 vs $91,476 in Kula). Kula has the higher median home value ($1,117,300 vs $775,500 in Napili-Honokowai).

Population, income & housing

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
Population	6,557	6,897
Median age	49.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,476	$102,337
Median home value	$1,117,300	$775,500
Median gross rent	$2,208	$2,116
Housing units	2,781	4,079
Homeownership rate	69.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
Population	7,621 → 6,557 (-14.0%)	6,739 → 6,897 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$76,509 → $91,476 (+19.6%)	$73,970 → $102,337 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$1,047,100 → $1,117,300 (+6.7%)	$654,900 → $775,500 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,432 → $2,208 (+54.2%)	$1,731 → $2,116 (+22.2%)

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

Napili-Honokowai

Population

6,7396,897

Median household income

$73,970$102,337

Median home value

$654,900$775,500

Median gross rent

$1,731$2,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
Under 5	2.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.1%
75 and over	8.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	35.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	17.9%	22.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.2%	7.7%
Some other race	4.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	12.3%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
Drove alone	68.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.4%	3.4%
Walked	7.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.6%	8.0%
Other means	3.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
1-unit, detached	95.0%	25.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	40.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kula	Napili-Honokowai
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1981	1979