Heeia vs Waimanalo

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

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

Waimanalo has the higher population (5,634 vs 5,099 in Heeia). Heeia has the higher median household income ($160,294 vs $114,896 in Waimanalo). Heeia has the higher median home value ($1,186,500 vs $711,800 in Waimanalo).

Population, income & housing

	Heeia	Waimanalo
Population	5,099	5,634
Median age	49.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,294	$114,896
Median home value	$1,186,500	$711,800
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,786
Housing units	1,710	1,448
Homeownership rate	91.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heeia	Waimanalo
Population	4,372 → 5,099 (+16.6%)	5,538 → 5,634 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$124,653 → $160,294 (+28.6%)	$102,656 → $114,896 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$920,000 → $1,186,500 (+29.0%)	$604,900 → $711,800 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,398 (-31.5%)	$1,292 → $1,786 (+38.2%)

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

Waimanalo

Population

5,5385,634

Median household income

$102,656$114,896

Median home value

$604,900$711,800

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	7.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.4%
75 and over	11.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	8.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	43.1%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.7%	24.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.0%	33.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heeia	Waimanalo
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	20.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo
Drove alone	70.9%	61.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	19.0%
Public transit	3.7%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo
1-unit, detached	82.0%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	27.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heeia	Waimanalo
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.7%
Average household size	3.14	4.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1970	1976