Royal Hawaiian Estates vs Waikoloa Beach Resort

A side-by-side comparison of Royal Hawaiian Estates and Waikoloa Beach Resort: population, income, housing, and more.

Royal Hawaiian Estates and Waikoloa Beach Resort are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Royal Hawaiian Estates has the higher population (889 vs 737 in Waikoloa Beach Resort). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median household income ($83,438 vs $61,477 in Royal Hawaiian Estates). Waikoloa Beach Resort has the higher median home value ($1,168,900 vs $243,800 in Royal Hawaiian Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	889	737
Median age	47.9 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,477	$83,438
Median home value	$243,800	$1,168,900
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	456	2,447
Homeownership rate	74.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Population	1,303 → 889 (-31.8%)	606 → 737 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$56,971 → $61,477 (+7.9%)	$110,833 → $83,438 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $243,800 (+29.2%)	$803,900 → $1,168,900 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,396 (+3.6%)	$2,594 → $3,501 (+35.0%)

Royal Hawaiian Estates

Population

1,303889

Median household income

$56,971$61,477

Median home value

$188,700$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,396

Waikoloa Beach Resort

Population

606737

Median household income

$110,833$83,438

Median home value

$803,900$1,168,900

Median gross rent

$2,594$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	4.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	28.0%	0.8%
35 to 44	3.0%	2.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	19.2%	44.9%
75 and over	2.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
White (non-Hispanic)	21.8%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	42.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
No high school diploma	17.6%	0.5%
High school graduate	43.1%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	32.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Drove alone	79.0%	51.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	38.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
1-unit, detached	100.0%	11.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	68.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Royal Hawaiian Estates	Waikoloa Beach Resort
Poverty rate	11.5%	26.3%
Average household size	2.42	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1998	2003