Lahaina, HI real estate and demographic information

About Lahaina

Lahaina is a somewhat small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 11,843 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Lahaina is the 17th largest community in Hawaii.

Housing costs in Lahaina are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Hawaii.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lahaina is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lahaina is a town of service providers, sales and office workers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lahaina who work in sales jobs (18.37%), food service (13.50%) and office and administrative support (10.96%).

Lahaina is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One of the benefits of Lahaina is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.22 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.

Lahaina Information and Demographics

The education level of Lahaina citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.12% of adults 25 and older in Lahaina have a college degree.

The per capita income in Lahaina in 2010 was $24,261, 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 $97,044 for a family of four. However, Lahaina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lahaina is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lahaina home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lahaina residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Lahaina also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lahaina include English, Italian, Irish and German.

Lahaina also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.87%.

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 Pacific Island languages, Tagalog and Spanish.