† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKiheiHawaiiUnited States
English9.4%5.1%9.5%
German9.0%5.8%12.5%
Irish8.2%4.7%9.4%
Portuguese6.4%3.2%—
Italian4.4%2.1%4.8%
French2.4%1.2%1.6%
Scottish2.1%—1.3%
Polish1.7%0.7%2.2%
Filipino14.0%14.3%0.9%
Japanese4.7%11.7%0.2%
Chinese0.6%4.1%1.3%
Korean0.5%1.4%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.8%0.6%
Thai0.2%0.2%—
Mexican5.7%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican3.6%3.3%1.8%
Spanish1.2%1.3%—
Spaniard0.6%0.7%—
Argentinean0.4%——
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Peruvian0.2%——
Venezuelan0.2%——
Native Hawaiian2.5%6.1%—
Tongan0.2%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Kihei
Hawaii
United States
Median age
43.1
41
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
20.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kihei
Hawaii
United States
Median household income
$87,772
$100,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.4%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.4%
36.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kihei
Hawaii
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.6%
24.7%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
2.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
3.9%
4.4%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
10.6%
11.6%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kihei
Hawaii
United States
Catholic
—
18.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
8.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
59.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Kihei, Hawaii
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+7.4%
2008
+43.7%
2012
+37.8%
2016
+28.7%
2020
+30.4%
2024
+25.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.8%Harris5,207
36.1%Trump3,044
2.0%
D+25.7
R+4.8
D+27.2
8,423
D
64.1%Biden6,122
33.7%Trump3,215
2.2%
D+30.4
D+1.8
D+26.0
9,549
D
59.6%Clinton4,061
30.9%Trump2,106
9.5%
D+28.7
R+9.1
D+26.6
6,818
D
67.9%Obama4,072
30.1%Romney1,804
2.1%
D+37.8
R+5.9
D+34.0
5,999
D
71.0%Obama4,696
27.3%McCain1,804
1.7%
D+43.7
D+36.4
D+36.5
6,611
D
53.1%Kerry3,403
45.7%Bush2,930
1.2%
D+7.4
—
D+9.8
6,412
Kihei's rapid population growth — driven by transplants and tourism-sector workers — has gradually shifted its voter composition, making it a demographic bellwether within Maui County's competitive legislative districts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.7 points.
A population of 21,567, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,772 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hilo and Pukalani.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Kihei, Hawaii voted Democratic by 25.7 points (D+25.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,423 votes cast, 5,207 went Democratic and 3,044 went Republican.
How many people live in Kihei, Hawaii?
Kihei, Hawaii has a population of 21,567 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kihei, Hawaii?
Median household income in Kihei, Hawaii is $87,772 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Kihei, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kihei, Hawaii from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
