Halaula vs Wainaku

A side-by-side comparison of Halaula and Wainaku: population, income, housing, and more.

Halaula and Wainaku are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wainaku has the higher population (1,082 vs 1,049 in Halaula). Wainaku has the higher median household income ($72,188 vs $65,694 in Halaula). Halaula has the higher median home value ($534,300 vs $532,400 in Wainaku).

Population, income & housing

	Halaula	Wainaku
Population	1,049	1,082
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,694	$72,188
Median home value	$534,300	$532,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	271	426
Homeownership rate	62.9%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halaula	Wainaku
Population	640 → 1,049 (+63.9%)	1,301 → 1,082 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$82,885 → $65,694 (-20.7%)	$52,500 → $72,188 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$378,900 → $534,300 (+41.0%)	$290,300 → $532,400 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $583 (-50.2%)	$1,375 → $1,100 (-20.0%)

Halaula

Population

6401,049

Median household income

$82,885$65,694

Median home value

$378,900$534,300

Median gross rent

$1,170$583

Wainaku

Population

1,3011,082

Median household income

$52,500$72,188

Median home value

$290,300$532,400

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halaula	Wainaku
Under 5	7.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	27.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	18.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.7%
75 and over	11.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halaula	Wainaku
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	22.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	12.3%	26.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	14.6%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	34.2%	42.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halaula	Wainaku
No high school diploma	2.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	46.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halaula	Wainaku
Drove alone	72.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	16.8%	10.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halaula	Wainaku
1-unit, detached	92.3%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Halaula	Wainaku
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.1%
Average household size	4.18	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	18
Median year structure built	1965	1971