Kula vs Pukalani

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

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

Pukalani has the higher population (8,490 vs 6,557 in Kula). Pukalani has the higher median household income ($120,707 vs $91,476 in Kula). Kula has the higher median home value ($1,117,300 vs $926,100 in Pukalani).

Population, income & housing

	Kula	Pukalani
Population	6,557	8,490
Median age	49.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,476	$120,707
Median home value	$1,117,300	$926,100
Median gross rent	$2,208	$1,816
Housing units	2,781	3,037
Homeownership rate	69.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kula	Pukalani
Population	7,621 → 6,557 (-14.0%)	7,695 → 8,490 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$76,509 → $91,476 (+19.6%)	$86,018 → $120,707 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$1,047,100 → $1,117,300 (+6.7%)	$674,300 → $926,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,432 → $2,208 (+54.2%)	$1,802 → $1,816 (+0.8%)

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

Pukalani

Population

7,6958,490

Median household income

$86,018$120,707

Median home value

$674,300$926,100

Median gross rent

$1,802$1,816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kula	Pukalani
Under 5	2.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	16.6%
75 and over	8.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kula	Pukalani
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	29.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	17.9%	21.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.2%	2.8%
Some other race	4.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	29.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kula	Pukalani
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kula	Pukalani
Drove alone	68.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	16.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	7.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kula	Pukalani
1-unit, detached	95.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kula	Pukalani
Poverty rate	12.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1981	1987