Pukalani vs Waihee-Waiehu

A side-by-side comparison of Pukalani and Waihee-Waiehu: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waihee-Waiehu has the higher population (11,369 vs 8,490 in Pukalani). Waihee-Waiehu has the higher median household income ($128,266 vs $120,707 in Pukalani). Pukalani has the higher median home value ($926,100 vs $740,300 in Waihee-Waiehu).

Population, income & housing

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	8,490	11,369
Median age	48.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$120,707	$128,266
Median home value	$926,100	$740,300
Median gross rent	$1,816	$2,224
Housing units	3,037	2,908
Homeownership rate	60.1%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
Population	7,695 → 8,490 (+10.3%)	9,319 → 11,369 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$86,018 → $120,707 (+40.3%)	$100,042 → $128,266 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$674,300 → $926,100 (+37.3%)	$516,400 → $740,300 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $1,816 (+0.8%)	$1,347 → $2,224 (+65.1%)

Pukalani

Population

7,6958,490

Median household income

$86,018$120,707

Median home value

$674,300$926,100

Median gross rent

$1,802$1,816

Waihee-Waiehu

Population

9,31911,369

Median household income

$100,042$128,266

Median home value

$516,400$740,300

Median gross rent

$1,347$2,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
Under 5	6.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	13.2%
75 and over	5.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	6.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	21.2%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	21.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	29.0%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
Drove alone	74.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.2%
Other means	0.9%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
1-unit, detached	87.2%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Pukalani	Waihee-Waiehu
Poverty rate	12.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.86	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1987	1989