Ewa Beach vs Halawa

A side-by-side comparison of Ewa Beach and Halawa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ewa Beach has the higher population (15,388 vs 13,809 in Halawa). Ewa Beach has the higher median household income ($124,958 vs $102,987 in Halawa). Halawa has the higher median home value ($1,005,400 vs $698,200 in Ewa Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
Population	15,388	13,809
Median age	39.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$124,958	$102,987
Median home value	$698,200	$1,005,400
Median gross rent	$2,554	$1,619
Housing units	3,668	5,021
Homeownership rate	74.0%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
Population	14,479 → 15,388 (+6.3%)	14,453 → 13,809 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$100,151 → $124,958 (+24.8%)	$101,010 → $102,987 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$551,200 → $698,200 (+26.7%)	$785,200 → $1,005,400 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,678 → $2,554 (+52.2%)	$1,761 → $1,619 (-8.1%)

Ewa Beach

Population

14,47915,388

Median household income

$100,151$124,958

Median home value

$551,200$698,200

Median gross rent

$1,678$2,554

Halawa

Population

14,45313,809

Median household income

$101,010$102,987

Median home value

$785,200$1,005,400

Median gross rent

$1,761$1,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
Under 5	5.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.6%
75 and over	9.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	8.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	53.9%	54.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	12.6%	10.9%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	22.0%	17.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
Drove alone	65.8%	66.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	15.5%
Public transit	12.1%	3.9%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.7%
Other means	3.5%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
1-unit, detached	79.3%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	19.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ewa Beach	Halawa
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.3%
Average household size	4.38	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	39	24
Median year structure built	1968	1971