Aiea vs Makaha

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

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

Makaha has the higher population (9,898 vs 9,155 in Aiea). Aiea has the higher median household income ($135,286 vs $63,291 in Makaha). Aiea has the higher median home value ($1,053,000 vs $416,100 in Makaha).

Population, income & housing

	Aiea	Makaha
Population	9,155	9,898
Median age	42.9 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$135,286	$63,291
Median home value	$1,053,000	$416,100
Median gross rent	$2,884	$1,871
Housing units	3,085	4,308
Homeownership rate	77.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiea	Makaha
Population	9,638 → 9,155 (-5.0%)	8,404 → 9,898 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$110,031 → $135,286 (+23.0%)	$50,992 → $63,291 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$825,300 → $1,053,000 (+27.6%)	$404,900 → $416,100 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,356 → $2,884 (+22.4%)	$1,467 → $1,871 (+27.5%)

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

Makaha

Population

8,4049,898

Median household income

$50,992$63,291

Median home value

$404,900$416,100

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiea	Makaha
Under 5	8.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.3%
75 and over	10.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiea	Makaha
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	20.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	52.4%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.8%	26.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	17.7%	23.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiea	Makaha
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiea	Makaha
Drove alone	73.7%	59.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	16.6%
Public transit	0.7%	11.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	10.6%
Other means	4.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiea	Makaha
1-unit, detached	90.2%	34.2%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	37.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Aiea	Makaha
Poverty rate	3.7%	25.2%
Average household size	3.18	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	49
Median year structure built	1967	1976