Haleiwa vs Waipio Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Haleiwa and Waipio Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waipio Acres has the higher population (5,146 vs 4,671 in Haleiwa). Waipio Acres has the higher median household income ($95,781 vs $93,977 in Haleiwa). Haleiwa has the higher median home value ($1,081,100 vs $602,600 in Waipio Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
Population	4,671	5,146
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,977	$95,781
Median home value	$1,081,100	$602,600
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,958
Housing units	1,740	1,960
Homeownership rate	58.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
Population	3,757 → 4,671 (+24.3%)	5,451 → 5,146 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$71,797 → $93,977 (+30.9%)	$78,447 → $95,781 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$761,600 → $1,081,100 (+42.0%)	$399,200 → $602,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,577 → $2,071 (+31.3%)	$1,748 → $1,958 (+12.0%)

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

Waipio Acres

Population

5,4515,146

Median household income

$78,447$95,781

Median home value

$399,200$602,600

Median gross rent

$1,748$1,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.0%
75 and over	11.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	11.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	27.6%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	13.5%	2.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	27.5%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
Drove alone	63.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.2%
Public transit	2.6%	3.2%
Walked	16.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	5.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
1-unit, detached	70.4%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	11.1%	38.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haleiwa	Waipio Acres
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.98	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1972	1974