Fern Forest vs Waikoloa Beach Resort

A side-by-side comparison of Fern Forest and Waikoloa Beach Resort: population, income, housing, and more.

Fern Forest and Waikoloa Beach Resort are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fern Forest has the higher population (880 vs 737 in Waikoloa Beach Resort). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median household income ($83,438 vs $33,173 in Fern Forest). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median home value ($1,168,900 vs $173,800 in Fern Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	880	737
Median age	53.6 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$83,438
Median home value	$173,800	$1,168,900
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	523	2,447
Homeownership rate	86.6%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	787 → 880 (+11.8%)	606 → 737 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$21,875 → $33,173 (+51.6%)	$110,833 → $83,438 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $173,800 (+36.3%)	$803,900 → $1,168,900 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,047 (+24.9%)	$2,594 → $3,501 (+35.0%)

Fern Forest

Population

787880

Median household income

$21,875$33,173

Median home value

$127,500$173,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,047

Waikoloa Beach Resort

Population

606737

Median household income

$110,833$83,438

Median home value

$803,900$1,168,900

Median gross rent

$2,594$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	4.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	0.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	23.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	19.3%	44.9%
75 and over	5.7%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	78.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	21.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	38.4%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Drove alone	80.9%	51.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	38.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
1-unit, detached	95.8%	11.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	68.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fern Forest	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Poverty rate	29.3%	26.3%
Average household size	1.84	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	49	34
Median year structure built	2002	2003