Pearl City

Population & Demographics

Pearl City, HI

Pearl City is home to 44,547 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 24,773 resident workers commute each day.

HawaiiCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
44,547
people
Population

44,547 residents

Median age 45.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Pearl City population & demographics

Who lives in Pearl City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
44,547
Median age
45.8yrs
Median household income
$118,112
Median home value
$901,500
Median gross rent
$2,316/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.0%
Poverty rate
5.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Pearl City

How Pearl City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian54.5%
Two or more races20.5%
White9.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander6.7%
Hispanic or Latino6.3%
Black1.8%
Some other race0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Pearl City

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Pearl City.

Pearl City at a glance
Employed Residents
24,773
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
6.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Urban Honolulu
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Pearl City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Pearl City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

53 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Pearl City

24,773 commutes, one dot at a time

Pearl City

Where 24,773 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Pearl City, by worker count.

1Urban Honolulu9.7 mi13,576
2Pearl City0.0 mi1,681
3Kapolei8.2 mi1,062
4Waimalu1.6 mi877
5Waipahu3.3 mi813
6Waipio2.4 mi597
7Ko Olina11.1 mi460
8Kaneohe10.6 mi381

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Pearl City.

1Urban Honolulu9.7 mi4,614
2Pearl City0.0 mi1,681
3Wahiawa7.7 mi592
4East Honolulu17.4 mi406
5Kailua14.3 mi344
6Whitmore Village8.4 mi167
7Kahului102.8 mi140
8Kapolei8.2 mi127

Top industries

The sectors that employ Pearl City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade24.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.2%
COConstruction11.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.6%
WSWholesale Trade4.0%
UTUtilities3.9%
Connectivity

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