Ewa Beach vs Wahiawa

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

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

Wahiawa has the higher population (17,515 vs 15,388 in Ewa Beach). Ewa Beach has the higher median household income ($124,958 vs $86,883 in Wahiawa). Wahiawa has the higher median home value ($716,800 vs $698,200 in Ewa Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
Population	15,388	17,515
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$124,958	$86,883
Median home value	$698,200	$716,800
Median gross rent	$2,554	$1,443
Housing units	3,668	6,601
Homeownership rate	74.0%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
Population	14,479 → 15,388 (+6.3%)	17,122 → 17,515 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$100,151 → $124,958 (+24.8%)	$62,092 → $86,883 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$551,200 → $698,200 (+26.7%)	$590,900 → $716,800 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,678 → $2,554 (+52.2%)	$1,288 → $1,443 (+12.0%)

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

Wahiawa

Population

17,12217,515

Median household income

$62,092$86,883

Median home value

$590,900$716,800

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
Under 5	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.2%
75 and over	9.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
White (non-Hispanic)	5.1%	10.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	53.9%	42.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	12.6%	8.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	22.0%	22.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
Drove alone	65.8%	64.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	18.6%
Public transit	12.1%	6.4%
Walked	0.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.4%
Other means	3.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
1-unit, detached	79.3%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	15.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ewa Beach	Wahiawa
Poverty rate	4.3%	17.2%
Average household size	4.38	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	1968	1965