Honalo vs Wainaku

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

Honalo 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 1,057 in Honalo). Wainaku has the higher median household income ($72,188 vs $65,000 in Honalo). Honalo has the higher median home value ($578,800 vs $532,400 in Wainaku).

Population, income & housing

	Honalo	Wainaku
Population	1,057	1,082
Median age	44.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$72,188
Median home value	$578,800	$532,400
Median gross rent	$850	$1,100
Housing units	405	426
Homeownership rate	61.5%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honalo	Wainaku
Population	2,254 → 1,057 (-53.1%)	1,301 → 1,082 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$55,152 → $65,000 (+17.9%)	$52,500 → $72,188 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$400,700 → $578,800 (+44.4%)	$290,300 → $532,400 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $850 (-34.3%)	$1,375 → $1,100 (-20.0%)

Honalo

Population

2,2541,057

Median household income

$55,152$65,000

Median home value

$400,700$578,800

Median gross rent

$1,293$850

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)

	Honalo	Wainaku
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.7%
75 and over	8.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honalo	Wainaku
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	22.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	22.1%	26.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.4%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.7%	42.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honalo	Wainaku
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honalo	Wainaku
Drove alone	74.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	16.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honalo	Wainaku
1-unit, detached	88.6%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Honalo	Wainaku
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.84	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1977	1971