Hauula vs Waialua

A side-by-side comparison of Hauula and Waialua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hauula has the higher population (3,473 vs 3,015 in Waialua). Hauula has the higher median household income ($113,571 vs $84,656 in Waialua). Waialua has the higher median home value ($942,300 vs $915,800 in Hauula).

Population, income & housing

	Hauula	Waialua
Population	3,473	3,015
Median age	33.0 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,571	$84,656
Median home value	$915,800	$942,300
Median gross rent	$2,308	$1,707
Housing units	1,099	1,242
Homeownership rate	50.9%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hauula	Waialua
Population	3,233 → 3,473 (+7.4%)	3,308 → 3,015 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$90,217 → $113,571 (+25.9%)	$82,750 → $84,656 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$669,700 → $915,800 (+36.7%)	$687,500 → $942,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,896 → $2,308 (+21.7%)	$1,333 → $1,707 (+28.1%)

Hauula

Population

3,2333,473

Median household income

$90,217$113,571

Median home value

$669,700$915,800

Median gross rent

$1,896$2,308

Waialua

Population

3,3083,015

Median household income

$82,750$84,656

Median home value

$687,500$942,300

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hauula	Waialua
Under 5	7.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	17.4%
75 and over	4.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hauula	Waialua
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	27.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	28.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	19.6%	6.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	35.8%	26.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hauula	Waialua
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hauula	Waialua
Drove alone	67.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	16.8%	6.0%
Public transit	7.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hauula	Waialua
1-unit, detached	65.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	24.4%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hauula	Waialua
Poverty rate	8.9%	11.6%
Average household size	3.97	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1977	1965