Lahaina is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 9,047 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Lahaina is the 26th largest community in Hawaii.

Lahaina is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lahaina is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lahaina who work in food service (21.71%), sales jobs (13.80%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (13.01%).

One of the nice things about Lahaina is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One of the benefits of Lahaina is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.92 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Even though Lahaina is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly taxis - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Lahaina Information and Demographics

The population of Lahaina overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Lahaina, 16.78% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lahaina in 2000 was $19,921, which is middle income relative to Hawaii, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,684 for a family of four.

Lahaina is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lahaina home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lahaina is Asian, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lahaina include German and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lahaina's cultural character, accounting for 28.05% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Lahaina are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Lahaina is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog, Other Pacific Island languages, Japanese, and Spanish.