Maalaea vs Olowalu

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

Maalaea and Olowalu 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 70 in Olowalu). Olowalu has the higher median household income ($108,250 vs $93,750 in Maalaea). Olowalu has the higher median home value ($1,187,500 vs $612,500 in Maalaea).

Population, income & housing

	Maalaea	Olowalu
Population	242	70
Median age	63.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$108,250
Median home value	$612,500	$1,187,500
Median gross rent	$2,163	—
Housing units	611	33
Homeownership rate	66.9%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maalaea	Olowalu
Population	261 → 242 (-7.3%)	91 → 70 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $93,750 (+18.1%)	$91,563 → $108,250 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$390,600 → $612,500 (+56.8%)	$1,375,000 → $1,187,500 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,603 → $2,163 (+34.9%)	$1,938 → $2,250 (+16.1%)

Maalaea

Population

261242

Median household income

$79,375$93,750

Median home value

$390,600$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,603$2,163

Olowalu

Population

9170

Median household income

$91,563$108,250

Median home value

$1,375,000$1,187,500

Median gross rent

$1,938$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maalaea	Olowalu
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	1.7%	32.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	25.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.6%
55 to 64	19.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	29.3%	4.3%
75 and over	17.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maalaea	Olowalu
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	51.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	25.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maalaea	Olowalu
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maalaea	Olowalu
Drove alone	64.0%	52.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	41.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maalaea	Olowalu
1-unit, detached	1.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	84.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maalaea	Olowalu
Poverty rate	9.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.51	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	—	1979