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Kailua CDP, Hawaii: commercial real estate data.
Kailua CDP is a Census CDP of 21,818 people across 13.80 square miles of land, in Hawaii County. Median household income is $88,211, 67.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Kailua
What Kailua is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area13.8 sq mi
- Water area5.4 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,581
- County holding the largest share of its areaHawaii County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kailua
How many people live in Kailua
- Population21,818
- Median age41.6
- Population under 184,420
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over4,291
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent
- Households7,598
- Family households4,897
- Share of households that are families64.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kailua
Income and work in Kailua
- Median household income$88,211
- Per capita income$45,971
- Civilian labor force10,824
- Employed10,387
- Unemployed437 plus or minus 182
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over15,887
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher33.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kailua
Housing in Kailua
- Housing units9,923
- Occupied units7,598
- Vacant units2,325
- Vacancy rate23.4 percent
- Owner occupied5,090
- Renter occupied2,508
- Ownership rate67.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$667,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,754
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.9 percent
- Single family units4,752
- Share single family47.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,133
- Share in buildings of two or more51.7 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kailua
How Kailua gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,921
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,535
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,631 plus or minus 605
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.5 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Drove alone62.1 percent
- Carpooled22.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hawaii County, not Kailua
Hawaii County context, not Kailua figures
These are Hawaii County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Kailua measurements.
- Establishments in Hawaii County4,400
- Employment at those establishments, Hawaii County54,716
- Covered employment, Hawaii County74,029
- Average annual pay, Hawaii County$57,868
- Average weekly wage, Hawaii County$1,113
- Housing units permitted, Hawaii County982
- Of those, single family, Hawaii County974
- County product, 2024, Hawaii County$12,193,115,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hawaii County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hawaii County$102,477
Every figure in this section is published for Hawaii County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kailua. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA figures are shown. withheld: Hawaii has 2 places named Kailua and the tape records none of their loans in Hawaii County.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Kailua questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kailua, Hawaii?
21,818, in 7,598 households. Kailua CDP covers 13.80 square miles of land, which is 1,581 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kailua in?
Hawaii County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Kailua?
$88,211. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $667,400. Median gross rent is $1,754 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Kailua figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hawaii County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Kailua.
Is zoning published for Kailua?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.