East Kapolei vs Ewa Villages

A side-by-side comparison of East Kapolei and Ewa Villages: population, income, housing, and more.

East Kapolei and Ewa Villages are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ewa Villages has the higher population (6,918 vs 6,200 in East Kapolei). East Kapolei has the higher median household income ($116,339 vs $85,043 in Ewa Villages). Ewa Villages has the higher median home value ($819,400 vs $743,600 in East Kapolei).

Population, income & housing

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
Population	6,200	6,918
Median age	27.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,339	$85,043
Median home value	$743,600	$819,400
Median gross rent	$1,947	$1,175
Housing units	1,793	1,878
Homeownership rate	48.8%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
Population	2,127 → 6,200 (+191.5%)	6,585 → 6,918 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$79,280 → $116,339 (+46.7%)	$75,469 → $85,043 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$685,800 → $743,600 (+8.4%)	$577,800 → $819,400 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,947 (+67.6%)	$1,082 → $1,175 (+8.6%)

East Kapolei

Population

2,1276,200

Median household income

$79,280$116,339

Median home value

$685,800$743,600

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,947

Ewa Villages

Population

6,5856,918

Median household income

$75,469$85,043

Median home value

$577,800$819,400

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
Under 5	8.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	24.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	2.7%	7.9%
75 and over	0.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
White (non-Hispanic)	8.5%	3.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	32.5%	65.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.5%	5.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.0%	19.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
Drove alone	65.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	24.6%	17.1%
Public transit	1.8%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	1.2%
Other means	3.2%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
1-unit, detached	41.8%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	24.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	22.9%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	East Kapolei	Ewa Villages
Poverty rate	7.6%	15.8%
Average household size	3.45	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2015	1993