Pukalani vs Wailuku

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

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

Wailuku has the higher population (15,754 vs 8,490 in Pukalani). Pukalani has the higher median household income ($120,707 vs $93,958 in Wailuku). Pukalani has the higher median home value ($926,100 vs $781,700 in Wailuku).

Population, income & housing

	Pukalani	Wailuku
Population	8,490	15,754
Median age	48.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,707	$93,958
Median home value	$926,100	$781,700
Median gross rent	$1,816	$1,747
Housing units	3,037	6,720
Homeownership rate	60.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pukalani	Wailuku
Population	7,695 → 8,490 (+10.3%)	17,708 → 15,754 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$86,018 → $120,707 (+40.3%)	$73,576 → $93,958 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$674,300 → $926,100 (+37.3%)	$544,900 → $781,700 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,802 → $1,816 (+0.8%)	$1,285 → $1,747 (+36.0%)

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

Wailuku

Population

17,70815,754

Median household income

$73,576$93,958

Median home value

$544,900$781,700

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pukalani	Wailuku
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	12.4%
75 and over	5.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pukalani	Wailuku
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	21.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	21.2%	35.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	9.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	29.0%	26.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pukalani	Wailuku
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pukalani	Wailuku
Drove alone	74.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	16.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.9%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pukalani	Wailuku
1-unit, detached	87.2%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	15.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Pukalani	Wailuku
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1987	1987