Aiea vs Kaneohe Base

A side-by-side comparison of Aiea and Kaneohe Base: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kaneohe Base has the higher population (10,973 vs 9,155 in Aiea). Aiea has the higher median household income ($135,286 vs $70,000 in Kaneohe Base). Aiea has the higher median home value ($1,053,000 vs $390,600 in Kaneohe Base).

Population, income & housing

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
Population	9,155	10,973
Median age	42.9 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$135,286	$70,000
Median home value	$1,053,000	$390,600
Median gross rent	$2,884	$3,399
Housing units	3,085	2,769
Homeownership rate	77.1%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
Population	9,638 → 9,155 (-5.0%)	11,237 → 10,973 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$110,031 → $135,286 (+23.0%)	$60,169 → $70,000 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$825,300 → $1,053,000 (+27.6%)	$1,279,400 → $390,600 (-69.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,356 → $2,884 (+22.4%)	$3,027 → $3,399 (+12.3%)

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

Kaneohe Base

Population

11,23710,973

Median household income

$60,169$70,000

Median home value

$1,279,400$390,600

Median gross rent

$3,027$3,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
Under 5	8.0%	11.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	38.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	26.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	1.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	0.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	0.0%
75 and over	10.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	60.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	52.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.8%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
Drove alone	73.7%	57.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.8%
Other means	4.5%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
1-unit, detached	90.2%	26.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	60.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aiea	Kaneohe Base
Poverty rate	3.7%	8.7%
Average household size	3.18	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	11
Median year structure built	1967	2005