Heeia vs Laie

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

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

Laie has the higher population (5,568 vs 5,099 in Heeia). Heeia has the higher median household income ($160,294 vs $119,219 in Laie). Heeia has the higher median home value ($1,186,500 vs $942,700 in Laie).

Population, income & housing

	Heeia	Laie
Population	5,099	5,568
Median age	49.6 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$160,294	$119,219
Median home value	$1,186,500	$942,700
Median gross rent	$2,398	$2,375
Housing units	1,710	1,272
Homeownership rate	91.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heeia	Laie
Population	4,372 → 5,099 (+16.6%)	5,704 → 5,568 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$124,653 → $160,294 (+28.6%)	$95,208 → $119,219 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$920,000 → $1,186,500 (+29.0%)	$756,000 → $942,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,398 (-31.5%)	$1,789 → $2,375 (+32.8%)

Heeia

Population

4,3725,099

Median household income

$124,653$160,294

Median home value

$920,000$1,186,500

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,398

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)

	Heeia	Laie
Under 5	7.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	33.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	5.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	4.5%
75 and over	11.6%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heeia	Laie
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	26.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	43.1%	12.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.7%	28.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	25.0%	27.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heeia	Laie
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	20.7%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heeia	Laie
Drove alone	70.9%	37.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	10.2%
Public transit	3.7%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	28.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	6.4%
Worked from home	10.1%	12.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heeia	Laie
1-unit, detached	82.0%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	41.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heeia	Laie
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.4%
Average household size	3.14	4.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1970	1975