Lahaina vs Pukalani

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

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

Lahaina has the higher population (11,423 vs 8,490 in Pukalani). Pukalani has the higher median household income ($120,707 vs $85,988 in Lahaina). Pukalani has the higher median home value ($926,100 vs $841,400 in Lahaina).

Population, income & housing

	Lahaina	Pukalani
Population	11,423	8,490
Median age	39.4 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,988	$120,707
Median home value	$841,400	$926,100
Median gross rent	$1,988	$1,816
Housing units	3,959	3,037
Homeownership rate	54.5%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lahaina	Pukalani
Population	12,776 → 11,423 (-10.6%)	7,695 → 8,490 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$75,850 → $85,988 (+13.4%)	$86,018 → $120,707 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$686,800 → $841,400 (+22.5%)	$674,300 → $926,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,988 (+49.1%)	$1,802 → $1,816 (+0.8%)

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

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)

	Lahaina	Pukalani
Under 5	7.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lahaina	Pukalani
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	29.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	38.3%	21.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.6%	2.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.4%	29.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lahaina	Pukalani
No high school diploma	8.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lahaina	Pukalani
Drove alone	67.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	13.1%	16.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lahaina	Pukalani
1-unit, detached	47.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lahaina	Pukalani
Poverty rate	12.9%	12.3%
Average household size	3.28	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1980	1987