Kailua vs Waikoloa Village

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

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

Kailua has the higher population (21,851 vs 7,028 in Waikoloa Village). Waikoloa Village has the higher median household income ($92,713 vs $86,743 in Kailua). Waikoloa Village has the higher median home value ($674,100 vs $649,400 in Kailua).

Population, income & housing

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
Population	21,851	7,028
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,743	$92,713
Median home value	$649,400	$674,100
Median gross rent	$1,747	$2,259
Housing units	10,009	3,385
Homeownership rate	66.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
Population	15,231 → 21,851 (+43.5%)	6,549 → 7,028 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$72,267 → $86,743 (+20.0%)	$74,104 → $92,713 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$461,900 → $649,400 (+40.6%)	$433,400 → $674,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,747 (+44.6%)	$1,500 → $2,259 (+50.6%)

Kailua

Population

15,23121,851

Median household income

$72,267$86,743

Median home value

$461,900$649,400

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,747

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)

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	45.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	18.0%	13.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	14.3%	10.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	19.9%	16.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	27.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
Drove alone	60.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	22.0%	21.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	6.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
1-unit, detached	46.8%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	25.9%	29.1%
20 or more units	16.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kailua	Waikoloa Village
Poverty rate	13.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1985	1991