† 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
GroupPukalaniHawaiiUnited States
English6.2%5.1%9.5%
German5.9%5.8%12.5%
Irish5.4%4.7%9.4%
Portuguese4.2%3.2%—
Italian2.9%2.1%4.8%
French1.6%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.4%—1.3%
Polish1.1%0.7%2.2%
Filipino12.1%14.3%0.9%
Japanese4.1%11.7%0.2%
Chinese0.5%4.1%1.3%
Korean0.4%1.4%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.8%0.6%
Mexican6.9%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican4.4%3.3%1.8%
Spanish1.5%1.3%—
Spaniard0.8%0.7%—
Argentinean0.5%——
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Peruvian0.3%——
Venezuelan0.3%——
Native Hawaiian3.0%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
Pukalani
Hawaii
United States
Median age
43.9
41
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.4%
20.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pukalani
Hawaii
United States
Median household income
$102,976
$100,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.6%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.6%
36.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pukalani
Hawaii
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
24.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
2.1%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.8%
2.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
5.4%
11.6%
1.1%
Other languages
1.0%
0.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pukalani
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.
Pukalani, Hawaii
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+21.5%
2008
+54.6%
2012
+50.9%
2016
+40.2%
2020
+42.6%
2024
+32.2%
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
65.0%Harris2,464
32.8%Trump1,243
2.2%
D+32.2
R+10.4
D+33.7
3,792
D
70.3%Biden2,882
27.6%Trump1,133
2.1%
D+42.6
D+2.4
D+38.2
4,101
D
65.4%Clinton2,080
25.2%Trump801
9.4%
D+40.2
R+10.7
D+38.1
3,179
D
74.4%Obama2,158
23.5%Romney682
2.1%
D+50.9
R+3.7
D+47.0
2,900
D
76.6%Obama2,538
22.0%McCain729
1.4%
D+54.6
D+33.1
D+47.3
3,314
D
60.2%Kerry1,839
38.7%Bush1,183
1.1%
D+21.5
—
D+23.9
3,055
Pukalani sits at roughly 1,500 feet on Maui's slopes, drawing residents who commute to Kahului while trading coastal density for cooler temperatures — a pattern that shapes its relatively stable, homeowner-heavy electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.6 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.2 points.
A population of 8,679, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,976 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waimea and Makawao.
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, Pukalani, Hawaii voted Democratic by 32.2 points (D+32.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,792 votes cast, 2,464 went Democratic and 1,243 went Republican.
How many people live in Pukalani, Hawaii?
Pukalani, Hawaii has a population of 8,679 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pukalani, Hawaii?
Median household income in Pukalani, Hawaii is $102,976 — above the national median of $80,734. The Hawaii state median is $100,389.
What is the political history of Pukalani, Hawaii?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pukalani, Hawaii from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
