Ewa Villages vs Laie

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

Ewa Villages and Laie 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 5,568 in Laie). Laie has the higher median household income ($119,219 vs $85,043 in Ewa Villages). Laie has the higher median home value ($942,700 vs $819,400 in Ewa Villages).

Population, income & housing

	Ewa Villages	Laie
Population	6,918	5,568
Median age	36.8 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,043	$119,219
Median home value	$819,400	$942,700
Median gross rent	$1,175	$2,375
Housing units	1,878	1,272
Homeownership rate	67.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ewa Villages	Laie
Population	6,585 → 6,918 (+5.1%)	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$75,469 → $85,043 (+12.7%)	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$577,800 → $819,400 (+41.8%)	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,175 (+8.6%)	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)

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

Laie

Population

5,7045,568

Median household income

$95,208$119,219

Median home value

$756,000$942,700

Median gross rent

$1,789$2,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ewa Villages	Laie
Under 5	8.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	33.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	5.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.5%
75 and over	7.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ewa Villages	Laie
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	26.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	65.0%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.8%	28.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	19.8%	27.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ewa Villages	Laie
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ewa Villages	Laie
Drove alone	72.7%	37.9%
Carpooled	17.1%	10.2%
Public transit	2.9%	3.1%
Walked	1.8%	28.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.4%
Worked from home	1.2%	12.1%
Other means	4.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ewa Villages	Laie
1-unit, detached	66.9%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	41.6%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ewa Villages	Laie
Poverty rate	15.8%	10.4%
Average household size	3.76	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1993	1975