Helemano vs Whitmore Village

A side-by-side comparison of Helemano and Whitmore Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitmore Village has the higher population (3,821 vs 3,206 in Helemano). Whitmore Village has the higher median household income ($102,155 vs $82,659 in Helemano). Since 2019, Helemano's population has grown faster (+3.8% vs -3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
Population	3,206	3,821
Median age	23.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,659	$102,155
Median home value	—	$776,200
Median gross rent	$3,037	$1,813
Housing units	1,339	1,028
Homeownership rate	0.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
Population	3,089 → 3,206 (+3.8%)	3,965 → 3,821 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$71,368 → $82,659 (+15.8%)	$78,355 → $102,155 (+30.4%)
Median home value	—	$567,500 → $776,200 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,454 → $3,037 (+23.8%)	$1,295 → $1,813 (+40.0%)

Helemano

Population

3,0893,206

Median household income

$71,368$82,659

Median gross rent

$2,454$3,037

Whitmore Village

Population

3,9653,821

Median household income

$78,355$102,155

Median home value

$567,500$776,200

Median gross rent

$1,295$1,813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
Under 5	18.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	25.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	31.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	2.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	2.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	0.2%	12.9%
75 and over	0.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	4.5%
Black or African American	18.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	52.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	10.8%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	17.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
No high school diploma	0.9%	19.6%
High school graduate	15.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	61.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
Drove alone	76.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	4.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
1-unit, detached	3.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	48.6%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	46.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Helemano	Whitmore Village
Poverty rate	7.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.66	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1995	1977