Heeia vs Waimanalo Beach

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

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

Heeia has the higher population (5,099 vs 4,587 in Waimanalo Beach). Heeia has the higher median household income ($160,294 vs $120,769 in Waimanalo Beach). Heeia has the higher median home value ($1,186,500 vs $816,500 in Waimanalo Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
Population	5,099	4,587
Median age	49.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$160,294	$120,769
Median home value	$1,186,500	$816,500
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,000
Housing units	1,710	1,211
Homeownership rate	91.2%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
Population	4,372 → 5,099 (+16.6%)	4,076 → 4,587 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$124,653 → $160,294 (+28.6%)	$85,515 → $120,769 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$920,000 → $1,186,500 (+29.0%)	$576,400 → $816,500 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,398 (-31.5%)	$829 → $1,000 (+20.6%)

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 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)

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
Under 5	7.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.4%
75 and over	11.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	8.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	43.1%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.7%	38.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	25.0%	37.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
No high school diploma	2.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
Drove alone	70.9%	70.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	19.0%
Public transit	3.7%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
1-unit, detached	82.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Heeia	Waimanalo Beach
Poverty rate	3.3%	6.7%
Average household size	3.14	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1970	1973