Laupahoehoe vs Wainaku

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

Laupahoehoe 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 995 in Laupahoehoe). Wainaku has the higher median household income ($72,188 vs $66,071 in Laupahoehoe). Laupahoehoe has the higher median home value ($583,300 vs $532,400 in Wainaku).

Population, income & housing

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
Population	995	1,082
Median age	40.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,071	$72,188
Median home value	$583,300	$532,400
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,100
Housing units	447	426
Homeownership rate	69.0%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
Population	528 → 995 (+88.4%)	1,301 → 1,082 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$71,750 → $66,071 (-7.9%)	$52,500 → $72,188 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$454,100 → $583,300 (+28.5%)	$290,300 → $532,400 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,234 → $1,272 (+3.1%)	$1,375 → $1,100 (-20.0%)

Laupahoehoe

Population

528995

Median household income

$71,750$66,071

Median home value

$454,100$583,300

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,272

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)

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	2.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.7%
75 and over	6.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
White (non-Hispanic)	30.7%	22.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.2%	26.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.2%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.0%	42.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
Drove alone	77.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	12.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
1-unit, detached	83.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laupahoehoe	Wainaku
Poverty rate	26.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	44	18
Median year structure built	1971	1971