Heeia vs Waipio Acres

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

Heeia 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 5,099 in Heeia). Heeia has the higher median household income ($160,294 vs $95,781 in Waipio Acres). Heeia has the higher median home value ($1,186,500 vs $602,600 in Waipio Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
Population	5,099	5,146
Median age	49.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$160,294	$95,781
Median home value	$1,186,500	$602,600
Median gross rent	$2,398	$1,958
Housing units	1,710	1,960
Homeownership rate	91.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
Population	4,372 → 5,099 (+16.6%)	5,451 → 5,146 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$124,653 → $160,294 (+28.6%)	$78,447 → $95,781 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$920,000 → $1,186,500 (+29.0%)	$399,200 → $602,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,398 (-31.5%)	$1,748 → $1,958 (+12.0%)

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

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)

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
Under 5	7.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.0%
75 and over	11.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	43.1%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.7%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	25.0%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	20.7%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
Drove alone	70.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.2%
Public transit	3.7%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	5.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
1-unit, detached	82.0%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	14.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	38.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heeia	Waipio Acres
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.4%
Average household size	3.14	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1970	1974