Aiea vs Hickam Housing

A side-by-side comparison of Aiea and Hickam Housing: population, income, housing, and more.

Aiea and Hickam Housing are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hickam Housing has the higher population (9,195 vs 9,155 in Aiea). Aiea has the higher median household income ($135,286 vs $111,667 in Hickam Housing). Since 2019, Hickam Housing's population has grown faster (-2.0% vs -5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
Population	9,155	9,195
Median age	42.9 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$135,286	$111,667
Median home value	$1,053,000	—
Median gross rent	$2,884	$3,501
Housing units	3,085	2,917
Homeownership rate	77.1%	0.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
Population	9,638 → 9,155 (-5.0%)	9,387 → 9,195 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$110,031 → $135,286 (+23.0%)	$76,684 → $111,667 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$825,300 → $1,053,000 (+27.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,356 → $2,884 (+22.4%)	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)

Aiea

Population

9,6389,155

Median household income

$110,031$135,286

Median home value

$825,300$1,053,000

Median gross rent

$2,356$2,884

Hickam Housing

Population

9,3879,195

Median household income

$76,684$111,667

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
Under 5	8.0%	11.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	24.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	19.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	3.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	0.7%
75 and over	10.9%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	54.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	52.4%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	17.7%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
Drove alone	73.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.7%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.2%
Other means	4.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
1-unit, detached	90.2%	8.8%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	69.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aiea	Hickam Housing
Poverty rate	3.7%	1.7%
Average household size	3.18	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1967	1994