Lanai City vs Paia

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

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

Lanai City has the higher population (3,283 vs 2,629 in Paia). Paia has the higher median household income ($120,735 vs $79,405 in Lanai City). Paia has the higher median home value ($881,100 vs $547,400 in Lanai City).

Population, income & housing

	Lanai City	Paia
Population	3,283	2,629
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,405	$120,735
Median home value	$547,400	$881,100
Median gross rent	$1,092	$2,446
Housing units	1,498	973
Homeownership rate	48.8%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanai City	Paia
Population	2,705 → 3,283 (+21.4%)	2,249 → 2,629 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $79,405 (+42.5%)	$100,250 → $120,735 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$419,400 → $547,400 (+30.5%)	$695,400 → $881,100 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,092 (+3.1%)	$2,210 → $2,446 (+10.7%)

Lanai City

Population

2,7053,283

Median household income

$55,714$79,405

Median home value

$419,400$547,400

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,092

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)

	Lanai City	Paia
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	17.6%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.7%
75 and over	11.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanai City	Paia
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	39.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	48.9%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.9%	15.3%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	22.1%	18.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanai City	Paia
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanai City	Paia
Drove alone	69.7%	59.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	7.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.8%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.6%	25.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanai City	Paia
1-unit, detached	77.3%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Lanai City	Paia
Poverty rate	7.4%	15.1%
Average household size	2.72	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	14	33
Median year structure built	1974	1976