Hawaiian Beaches vs Waimea

A side-by-side comparison of Hawaiian Beaches and Waimea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waimea has the higher population (10,242 vs 4,503 in Hawaiian Beaches). Waimea has the higher median household income ($89,268 vs $42,154 in Hawaiian Beaches). Waimea has the higher median home value ($652,900 vs $247,500 in Hawaiian Beaches).

Population, income & housing

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
Population	4,503	10,242
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,154	$89,268
Median home value	$247,500	$652,900
Median gross rent	$1,639	$2,039
Housing units	2,103	3,876
Homeownership rate	85.2%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
Population	5,320 → 4,503 (-15.4%)	11,908 → 10,242 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$42,882 → $42,154 (-1.7%)	$91,074 → $89,268 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $247,500 (+36.1%)	$449,200 → $652,900 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,639 (+31.1%)	$1,569 → $2,039 (+30.0%)

Hawaiian Beaches

Population

5,3204,503

Median household income

$42,882$42,154

Median home value

$181,900$247,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,639

Waimea

Population

11,90810,242

Median household income

$91,074$89,268

Median home value

$449,200$652,900

Median gross rent

$1,569$2,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
Under 5	3.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	19.9%	11.7%
75 and over	4.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
White (non-Hispanic)	42.1%	19.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	24.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	11.4%	11.8%
Some other race	4.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	14.5%	35.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	41.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
Drove alone	81.4%	68.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	15.1%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
1-unit, detached	94.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hawaiian Beaches	Waimea
Poverty rate	36.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	40	29
Median year structure built	1988	1993