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Kahului, Hawaii: commercial real estate data.
Kahului is a Census CDP of 28,288 people across 14.39 square miles of land, in Maui County. Median household income is $98,077, 64.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Kahului
What Kahului is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area14.39 sq mi
- Water area1.64 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,966
- County holding the largest share of its areaMaui 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.
Kahului
How many people live in Kahului
- Population28,288
- Median age43.0
- Population under 185,667
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over5,993
- Share 65 and over21.2 percent
- Households8,330
- Family households5,981
- Share of households that are families71.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kahului
Income and work in Kahului
- Median household income$98,077
- Per capita income$37,588
- Civilian labor force14,530
- Employed14,023
- Unemployed507 plus or minus 240
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over20,736
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kahului
Housing in Kahului
- Housing units8,879
- Occupied units8,330
- Vacant units549 plus or minus 192
- Vacancy rate6.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied5,391
- Renter occupied2,939
- Ownership rate64.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$862,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,488
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units7,380
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,319
- Share in buildings of two or more14.9 percent
- Mobile homes180 plus or minus 156
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kahului
How Kahului gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,955
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,961
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,432
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.2 percent
- Drove alone68.2 percent
- Carpooled19.7 percent
- Public transport3.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home5.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kahului
SBA loans in Kahului (7(a))
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$8,490,200
- Average approval$404,295
- Median approval$69,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$782,500
- Largest approval$2,830,000
- Jobs supported148
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term66 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises4.8 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS17
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kahului, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 7 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kahului
SBA loans in Kahului (504)
- Approvals23
- Gross approval$14,953,000
- Average approval$650,130
- Median approval$526,000
- Largest approval$1,440,000
- Jobs supported112
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kahului, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 6 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Maui County, not Kahului
Maui County context, not Kahului figures
- Establishments in Maui County5,000
- Covered employment, Maui County73,656
- Average annual pay, Maui County$61,830
- Housing units permitted, Maui County1,118
Every figure in this section is published for Maui County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kahului.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Kahului questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kahului, Hawaii?
28,288, in 8,330 households. Kahului CDP covers 14.39 square miles of land, which is 1,966 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kahului in?
Maui 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 Kahului?
$98,077. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $862,600. Median gross rent is $1,488 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Kahului businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totaling $8.5 m since FY2020, across 10 lenders, median approval $69,900, plus 23 504 approvals worth $15.0 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Kahului, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Kahului borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Kahului. Only 7 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Kahului figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Maui 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 Kahului.
Is zoning published for Kahului?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.