Lahaina vs Wailuku

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

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

Wailuku has the higher population (15,754 vs 11,423 in Lahaina). Wailuku has the higher median household income ($93,958 vs $85,988 in Lahaina). Lahaina has the higher median home value ($841,400 vs $781,700 in Wailuku).

Population, income & housing

	Lahaina	Wailuku
Population	11,423	15,754
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,988	$93,958
Median home value	$841,400	$781,700
Median gross rent	$1,988	$1,747
Housing units	3,959	6,720
Homeownership rate	54.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lahaina	Wailuku
Population	12,776 → 11,423 (-10.6%)	17,708 → 15,754 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$75,850 → $85,988 (+13.4%)	$73,576 → $93,958 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$686,800 → $841,400 (+22.5%)	$544,900 → $781,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,988 (+49.1%)	$1,285 → $1,747 (+36.0%)

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

Wailuku

Population

17,70815,754

Median household income

$73,576$93,958

Median home value

$544,900$781,700

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lahaina	Wailuku
Under 5	7.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lahaina	Wailuku
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	21.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	38.3%	35.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.6%	9.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.4%	26.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lahaina	Wailuku
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.7%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lahaina	Wailuku
Drove alone	67.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	11.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.4%
Other means	2.5%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lahaina	Wailuku
1-unit, detached	47.0%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	15.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lahaina	Wailuku
Poverty rate	12.9%	5.4%
Average household size	3.28	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1980	1987