Maalaea vs Makena

A side-by-side comparison of Maalaea and Makena: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maalaea has the higher population (242 vs 118 in Makena). Makena has the higher median household income ($188,750 vs $93,750 in Maalaea). Makena has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $612,500 in Maalaea).

Population, income & housing

	Maalaea	Makena
Population	242	118
Median age	63.2 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$188,750
Median home value	$612,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,163	—
Housing units	611	106
Homeownership rate	66.9%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maalaea	Makena
Population	261 → 242 (-7.3%)	142 → 118 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $93,750 (+18.1%)	$52,917 → $188,750 (+256.7%)
Median home value	$390,600 → $612,500 (+56.8%)	$1,605,800 → $2,000,001 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,603 → $2,163 (+34.9%)	—

Maalaea

Population

261242

Median household income

$79,375$93,750

Median home value

$390,600$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,603$2,163

Makena

Population

142118

Median household income

$52,917$188,750

Median home value

$1,605,800$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maalaea	Makena
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	3.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	2.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	2.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	30.5%
65 to 74	29.3%	31.4%
75 and over	17.8%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maalaea	Makena
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	6.8%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maalaea	Makena
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maalaea	Makena
Drove alone	64.0%	42.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	47.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maalaea	Makena
1-unit, detached	1.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	10.4%
20 or more units	84.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maalaea	Makena
Poverty rate	9.5%	11.0%
Average household size	1.51	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	—	2001