Halawa vs Waianae

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

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

Halawa has the higher population (13,809 vs 12,907 in Waianae). Halawa has the higher median household income ($102,987 vs $84,766 in Waianae). Halawa has the higher median home value ($1,005,400 vs $487,200 in Waianae).

Population, income & housing

	Halawa	Waianae
Population	13,809	12,907
Median age	47.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,987	$84,766
Median home value	$1,005,400	$487,200
Median gross rent	$1,619	$1,307
Housing units	5,021	3,694
Homeownership rate	68.2%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halawa	Waianae
Population	14,453 → 13,809 (-4.5%)	13,609 → 12,907 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$101,010 → $102,987 (+2.0%)	$62,172 → $84,766 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$785,200 → $1,005,400 (+28.0%)	$375,100 → $487,200 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,761 → $1,619 (-8.1%)	$996 → $1,307 (+31.2%)

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

Waianae

Population

13,60912,907

Median household income

$62,172$84,766

Median home value

$375,100$487,200

Median gross rent

$996$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halawa	Waianae
Under 5	4.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.6%
75 and over	12.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halawa	Waianae
White (non-Hispanic)	8.1%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	54.8%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.9%	41.6%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	17.3%	27.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halawa	Waianae
No high school diploma	8.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halawa	Waianae
Drove alone	66.6%	67.2%
Carpooled	15.5%	15.3%
Public transit	3.9%	10.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.5%
Other means	5.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halawa	Waianae
1-unit, detached	56.6%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Halawa	Waianae
Poverty rate	9.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.81	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1971	1979