Maalaea vs Ualapue

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

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

Ualapue has the higher population (490 vs 242 in Maalaea). Maalaea has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $62,750 in Ualapue). Maalaea has the higher median home value ($612,500 vs $291,700 in Ualapue).

Population, income & housing

	Maalaea	Ualapue
Population	242	490
Median age	63.2 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$62,750
Median home value	$612,500	$291,700
Median gross rent	$2,163	$1,806
Housing units	611	276
Homeownership rate	66.9%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maalaea	Ualapue
Population	261 → 242 (-7.3%)	448 → 490 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $93,750 (+18.1%)	$49,688 → $62,750 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$390,600 → $612,500 (+56.8%)	$276,800 → $291,700 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,603 → $2,163 (+34.9%)	$1,417 → $1,806 (+27.5%)

Maalaea

Population

261242

Median household income

$79,375$93,750

Median home value

$390,600$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,603$2,163

Ualapue

Population

448490

Median household income

$49,688$62,750

Median home value

$276,800$291,700

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maalaea	Ualapue
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	1.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	19.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	29.3%	19.6%
75 and over	17.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maalaea	Ualapue
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	28.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	32.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	31.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maalaea	Ualapue
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.0%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maalaea	Ualapue
Drove alone	64.0%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.0%
Public transit	1.1%	1.0%
Walked	6.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maalaea	Ualapue
1-unit, detached	1.6%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	84.9%	29.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maalaea	Ualapue
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.1%
Average household size	1.51	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	—	1978