Napili-Honokowai vs Wailea

A side-by-side comparison of Napili-Honokowai and Wailea: population, income, housing, and more.

Napili-Honokowai and Wailea are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Napili-Honokowai has the higher population (6,897 vs 6,571 in Wailea). Napili-Honokowai has the higher median household income ($102,337 vs $89,375 in Wailea). Wailea has the higher median home value ($1,363,700 vs $775,500 in Napili-Honokowai).

Population, income & housing

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
Population	6,897	6,571
Median age	41.1 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,337	$89,375
Median home value	$775,500	$1,363,700
Median gross rent	$2,116	$2,485
Housing units	4,079	6,125
Homeownership rate	53.0%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
Population	6,739 → 6,897 (+2.3%)	6,218 → 6,571 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$73,970 → $102,337 (+38.3%)	$81,932 → $89,375 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$654,900 → $775,500 (+18.4%)	$1,042,100 → $1,363,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,731 → $2,116 (+22.2%)	$1,891 → $2,485 (+31.4%)

Napili-Honokowai

Population

6,7396,897

Median household income

$73,970$102,337

Median home value

$654,900$775,500

Median gross rent

$1,731$2,116

Wailea

Population

6,2186,571

Median household income

$81,932$89,375

Median home value

$1,042,100$1,363,700

Median gross rent

$1,891$2,485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
Under 5	7.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	21.0%
75 and over	3.8%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	22.4%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.7%	1.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.7%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.4%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
Drove alone	72.6%	57.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	11.5%
Public transit	3.4%	1.1%
Walked	2.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.0%	27.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
1-unit, detached	25.8%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	27.9%
20 or more units	40.7%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Napili-Honokowai	Wailea
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.97	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1979	1988