Best Town To Live In
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Kihei
We ask this question every year, and every year our readers give us the same answer. So that means after all these years, population data would show that Kihei is, by far, the most populous town on Maui. Except that it’s not. Of course, the most recent population data we have is from 2010, but it clearly shows that that simply isn’t the case. In fact, Kihei isn’t even the island’s most populous town–that’s Kahului, with 26,337 residents (Kihei is second, with 20,881 residents). Taken as a whole, 86 percent of Maui’s residents choose to live somewhere other than Kihei. Which is kind of good, because if Kihei were so popular, then the county would be forced to approve all those mega-malls local developers like Charlie Jencks want to build. So in the mean time, we guess MauiTime readers will continue to dream of the days when they could pack up and move to hot, dry, condo-filled, hot Kihei. @apignataro
Kihei 21%
Lahaina 21%
Kula 9%
Other 49%
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