Hickam Housing vs Kaneohe Base

A side-by-side comparison of Hickam Housing and Kaneohe Base: population, income, housing, and more.

Hickam Housing and Kaneohe Base are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kaneohe Base has the higher population (10,973 vs 9,195 in Hickam Housing). Hickam Housing has the higher median household income ($111,667 vs $70,000 in Kaneohe Base).

Population, income & housing

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
Population	9,195	10,973
Median age	25.8 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,667	$70,000
Median home value	—	$390,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,399
Housing units	2,917	2,769
Homeownership rate	0.3%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
Population	9,387 → 9,195 (-2.0%)	11,237 → 10,973 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$76,684 → $111,667 (+45.6%)	$60,169 → $70,000 (+16.3%)
Median home value	—	$1,279,400 → $390,600 (-69.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)	$3,027 → $3,399 (+12.3%)

Hickam Housing

Population

9,3879,195

Median household income

$76,684$111,667

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Kaneohe Base

Population

11,23710,973

Median household income

$60,169$70,000

Median home value

$1,279,400$390,600

Median gross rent

$3,027$3,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
Under 5	11.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	12.3%	38.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	26.0%
35 to 44	19.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	1.9%
55 to 64	3.7%	0.3%
65 to 74	0.7%	0.0%
75 and over	0.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	60.0%
Black or African American	9.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.4%
High school graduate	9.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
Drove alone	73.4%	57.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	6.9%	20.8%
Bicycle	2.7%	2.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.8%
Other means	3.2%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
1-unit, detached	8.8%	26.4%
1-unit, attached	69.2%	60.9%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hickam Housing	Kaneohe Base
Poverty rate	1.7%	8.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1994	2005