Kaaawa vs Waiahole-Waikane

A side-by-side comparison of Kaaawa and Waiahole-Waikane: population, income, housing, and more.

Kaaawa and Waiahole-Waikane are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kaaawa has the higher population (1,259 vs 879 in Waiahole-Waikane). Kaaawa has the higher median household income ($132,188 vs $80,556 in Waiahole-Waikane). Since 2019, Waiahole-Waikane's population has grown faster (+52.6% vs +11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
Population	1,259	879
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$132,188	$80,556
Median home value	$966,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,871	—
Housing units	579	276
Homeownership rate	69.8%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
Population	1,132 → 1,259 (+11.2%)	576 → 879 (+52.6%)
Median household income	$83,125 → $132,188 (+59.0%)	$103,750 → $80,556 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$759,800 → $966,500 (+27.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,887 → $1,871 (-0.8%)	$1,667 → $2,000 (+20.0%)

Kaaawa

Population

1,1321,259

Median household income

$83,125$132,188

Median home value

$759,800$966,500

Median gross rent

$1,887$1,871

Waiahole-Waikane

Population

576879

Median household income

$103,750$80,556

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
Under 5	3.5%	9.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	20.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.3%
75 and over	2.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	9.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.8%	10.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	39.9%	46.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	11.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
Drove alone	80.6%	47.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.6%
Public transit	6.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	31.9%
Other means	0.4%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
1-unit, detached	71.8%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kaaawa	Waiahole-Waikane
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.57	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	39	35
Median year structure built	1976	1985