Hickam Housing vs Waikele

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

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

Hickam Housing has the higher population (9,195 vs 7,950 in Waikele). Waikele has the higher median household income ($111,971 vs $111,667 in Hickam Housing). Since 2019, Waikele's population has grown faster (+6.8% vs -2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
Population	9,195	7,950
Median age	25.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,667	$111,971
Median home value	—	$696,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,739
Housing units	2,917	3,080
Homeownership rate	0.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
Population	9,387 → 9,195 (-2.0%)	7,442 → 7,950 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$76,684 → $111,667 (+45.6%)	$107,578 → $111,971 (+4.1%)
Median home value	—	$508,000 → $696,400 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)	$2,317 → $2,739 (+18.2%)

Hickam Housing

Population

9,3879,195

Median household income

$76,684$111,667

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Waikele

Population

7,4427,950

Median household income

$107,578$111,971

Median home value

$508,000$696,400

Median gross rent

$2,317$2,739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
Under 5	11.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.2%	18.1%
35 to 44	19.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	3.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.7%	7.6%
75 and over	0.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	8.1%
Black or African American	9.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	52.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.3%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	25.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	9.8%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
Drove alone	73.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.5%	3.1%
Walked	6.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.0%
Other means	3.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
1-unit, detached	8.8%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	69.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	30.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hickam Housing	Waikele
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.4%
Average household size	3.19	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1994	1995