Pukalani vs Wailea

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

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

Pukalani has the higher population (8,490 vs 6,571 in Wailea). Pukalani has the higher median household income ($120,707 vs $89,375 in Wailea). Wailea has the higher median home value ($1,363,700 vs $926,100 in Pukalani).

Population, income & housing

	Pukalani	Wailea
Population	8,490	6,571
Median age	48.1 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,707	$89,375
Median home value	$926,100	$1,363,700
Median gross rent	$1,816	$2,485
Housing units	3,037	6,125
Homeownership rate	60.1%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pukalani	Wailea
Population	7,695 → 8,490 (+10.3%)	6,218 → 6,571 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$86,018 → $120,707 (+40.3%)	$81,932 → $89,375 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$674,300 → $926,100 (+37.3%)	$1,042,100 → $1,363,700 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $1,816 (+0.8%)	$1,891 → $2,485 (+31.4%)

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

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)

	Pukalani	Wailea
Under 5	6.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.6%	21.0%
75 and over	5.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pukalani	Wailea
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	70.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	21.2%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	29.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pukalani	Wailea
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	29.1%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pukalani	Wailea
Drove alone	74.8%	57.5%
Carpooled	16.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	27.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pukalani	Wailea
1-unit, detached	87.2%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	27.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pukalani	Wailea
Poverty rate	12.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1987	1988