Maalaea vs Manele

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

Maalaea and Manele 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 50 in Manele). Manele has the higher median home value ($1,975,000 vs $612,500 in Maalaea). Since 2019, Manele's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs -7.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Maalaea	Manele
Population	242	50
Median age	63.2 yrs	71.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	—
Median home value	$612,500	$1,975,000
Median gross rent	$2,163	—
Housing units	611	78
Homeownership rate	66.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maalaea	Manele
Population	261 → 242 (-7.3%)	25 → 50 (+100.0%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $93,750 (+18.1%)	—
Median home value	$390,600 → $612,500 (+56.8%)	$1,958,300 → $1,975,000 (+0.9%)
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

Manele

Population

2550

Median home value

$1,958,300$1,975,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maalaea	Manele
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	29.3%	50.0%
75 and over	17.8%	34.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maalaea	Manele
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	72.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	28.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maalaea	Manele
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maalaea	Manele
Drove alone	64.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	27.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maalaea	Manele
1-unit, detached	1.6%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	37.2%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	84.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maalaea	Manele
Poverty rate	9.5%	8.0%
Average household size	1.51	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	—	1999