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Kauai County, HI

73,840 Population
619.8 square miles 119.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hawaii: 41.5 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,300 ±$4,758 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hawaii: $46,713 ±$890
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,128 ±$13,173 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hawaii: $100,745 ±$1,760
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.5% ±2.9% (5,449  ±2,088) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 10% 140,840 (±0.7% / ±9,649)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±0.8 (712,975  ±33,171) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hawaii: 26.2 16,458,540 (±0.2 / ±156,198)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,310 ±1,392 Number of households
  • Hawaii: 493,151 ±6,276
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.1 ±0.2 (73,096  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hawaii: 2.9 1,405,341
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.9% ±2.6% (605  ±396) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 6.1% † 19,007 (±0.8% / ±2,494)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

30,770 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Hawaii: 572,824 ±197
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$939,500 ±$42,451 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hawaii: $875,900 ±$14,013
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.1% ±2.7% (5,924  ±1,994.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 12% 171,898 (±0.7% / ±10,284.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.7% ±6.5% (50,767  ±3,601.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hawaii: 93.7% 971,764 (±1.4% / ±14,558.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.8% ±3.5% (14,917  ±1,891) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 37.8% 391,535 (±0.9% / ±9,301.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12% (8,831  ±2,075) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hawaii: 18.6% 268,845
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.3% (3,363  ±780) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hawaii: 7.6% 83,385 (±0.4% / ±4,479)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,363 Total veterans ±780 3,162 Male ±718 201 Female ±216

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