Aiea vs Waikele

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

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

Aiea has the higher population (9,155 vs 7,950 in Waikele). Aiea has the higher median household income ($135,286 vs $111,971 in Waikele). Aiea has the higher median home value ($1,053,000 vs $696,400 in Waikele).

Population, income & housing

	Aiea	Waikele
Population	9,155	7,950
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$135,286	$111,971
Median home value	$1,053,000	$696,400
Median gross rent	$2,884	$2,739
Housing units	3,085	3,080
Homeownership rate	77.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiea	Waikele
Population	9,638 → 9,155 (-5.0%)	7,442 → 7,950 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$110,031 → $135,286 (+23.0%)	$107,578 → $111,971 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$825,300 → $1,053,000 (+27.6%)	$508,000 → $696,400 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,356 → $2,884 (+22.4%)	$2,317 → $2,739 (+18.2%)

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

Waikele

Population

7,4427,950

Median household income

$107,578$111,971

Median home value

$508,000$696,400

Median gross rent

$2,317$2,739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiea	Waikele
Under 5	8.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.6%
75 and over	10.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiea	Waikele
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	8.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	52.4%	52.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.8%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.7%	25.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiea	Waikele
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiea	Waikele
Drove alone	73.7%	74.5%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.1%
Public transit	0.7%	3.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.0%
Other means	4.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiea	Waikele
1-unit, detached	90.2%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	30.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aiea	Waikele
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.4%
Average household size	3.18	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1967	1995