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Lawai CDP, Hawaii: commercial real estate data.
Lawai CDP is a Census CDP of 2,718 people across 4.06 square miles of land, in Kauai County. Median household income is $104,286, 71.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
60 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Lawai
What Lawai is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.06 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land670
- County holding the largest share of its areaKauai 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.
Lawai
How many people live in Lawai
- Population2,718
- Median age41.1
- Population under 18586 plus or minus 174
- Share under 1821.6 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over545 plus or minus 135
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent
- Households906
- Family households673 plus or minus 143
- Share of households that are families74.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawai
Income and work in Lawai
- Median household income$104,286 plus or minus $24,856
- Per capita income$38,119
- Civilian labor force1,320
- Employed1,200 plus or minus 250
- Unemployed120 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate9.1 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Adults 25 and over1,879
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.5 percent plus or minus 25.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.0 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Lawai
- Housing units1,014
- Occupied units906
- Vacant units108 plus or minus 59
- Vacancy rate10.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied643 plus or minus 149
- Renter occupied263 plus or minus 99
- Ownership rate71.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$849,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,747
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Single family units987
- Share single family97.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more27 plus or minus 32
- Share in buildings of two or more2.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Lawai gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute905 plus or minus 219
- Commuting under 15 minutes315 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.8 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more215 plus or minus 94
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Drove alone67.2 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport4.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.6 percent plus or minus 10.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lawai
SBA loans in Lawai (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$177,000
- Average approval$177,000
- Median approval$177,000
- Largest approval$177,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kauai County, not Lawai
Kauai County context, not Lawai figures
These are Kauai County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lawai measurements.
- Establishments in Kauai County2,281
- Employment at those establishments, Kauai County27,099
- Covered employment, Kauai County32,830
- Average annual pay, Kauai County$59,731
- Average weekly wage, Kauai County$1,149
- Housing units permitted, Kauai County141
- Of those, single family, Kauai County141
- County product, 2024, Kauai County$5,552,396,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kauai County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kauai County$117,886
Every figure in this section is published for Kauai County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lawai. 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.
- 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
Lawai questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lawai, Hawaii?
2,718, in 906 households. Lawai CDP covers 4.06 square miles of land, which is 670 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lawai in?
Kauai 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 Lawai?
$104,286. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $849,800. Median gross rent is $1,747 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 Lawai figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kauai 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 Lawai.
Is zoning published for Lawai?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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