Hilo vs Waikoloa Village

A side-by-side comparison of Hilo and Waikoloa Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hilo has the higher population (48,223 vs 7,028 in Waikoloa Village). Waikoloa Village has the higher median household income ($92,713 vs $78,713 in Hilo). Waikoloa Village has the higher median home value ($674,100 vs $455,100 in Hilo).

Population, income & housing

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
Population	48,223	7,028
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,713	$92,713
Median home value	$455,100	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,347	$2,259
Housing units	18,905	3,385
Homeownership rate	65.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
Population	45,056 → 48,223 (+7.0%)	6,549 → 7,028 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$63,283 → $78,713 (+24.4%)	$74,104 → $92,713 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$329,200 → $455,100 (+38.2%)	$433,400 → $674,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $1,347 (+28.9%)	$1,500 → $2,259 (+50.6%)

Hilo

Population

45,05648,223

Median household income

$63,283$78,713

Median home value

$329,200$455,100

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,347

Waikoloa Village

Population

6,5497,028

Median household income

$74,104$92,713

Median home value

$433,400$674,100

Median gross rent

$1,500$2,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
Under 5	3.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.9%
75 and over	10.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
White (non-Hispanic)	15.6%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	31.5%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.1%	10.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	27.1%	16.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
Drove alone	70.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	15.1%	21.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
1-unit, detached	77.9%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	29.1%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hilo	Waikoloa Village
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1978	1991