Haleiwa vs Waimanalo Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Haleiwa and Waimanalo Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Haleiwa has the higher population (4,671 vs 4,587 in Waimanalo Beach). Waimanalo Beach has the higher median household income ($120,769 vs $93,977 in Haleiwa). Haleiwa has the higher median home value ($1,081,100 vs $816,500 in Waimanalo Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
Population	4,671	4,587
Median age	44.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,977	$120,769
Median home value	$1,081,100	$816,500
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,000
Housing units	1,740	1,211
Homeownership rate	58.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
Population	3,757 → 4,671 (+24.3%)	4,076 → 4,587 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$71,797 → $93,977 (+30.9%)	$85,515 → $120,769 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$761,600 → $1,081,100 (+42.0%)	$576,400 → $816,500 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,071 (+31.3%)	$829 → $1,000 (+20.6%)

Haleiwa

Population

3,7574,671

Median household income

$71,797$93,977

Median home value

$761,600$1,081,100

Median gross rent

$1,577$2,071

Waimanalo Beach

Population

4,0764,587

Median household income

$85,515$120,769

Median home value

$576,400$816,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	14.4%
75 and over	11.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	8.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	27.6%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.5%	38.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	27.5%	37.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
Drove alone	63.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	19.0%
Public transit	2.6%	2.3%
Walked	16.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
1-unit, detached	70.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	11.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Haleiwa	Waimanalo Beach
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.98	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1972	1973