Kahaluu vs Waipio Acres

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

Kahaluu and Waipio Acres are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kahaluu has the higher population (5,282 vs 5,146 in Waipio Acres). Kahaluu has the higher median household income ($128,661 vs $95,781 in Waipio Acres). Kahaluu has the higher median home value ($1,162,000 vs $602,600 in Waipio Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
Population	5,282	5,146
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$128,661	$95,781
Median home value	$1,162,000	$602,600
Median gross rent	$2,368	$1,958
Housing units	1,606	1,960
Homeownership rate	64.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
Population	4,577 → 5,282 (+15.4%)	5,451 → 5,146 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$112,045 → $128,661 (+14.8%)	$78,447 → $95,781 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$892,400 → $1,162,000 (+30.2%)	$399,200 → $602,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,086 → $2,368 (+13.5%)	$1,748 → $1,958 (+12.0%)

Kahaluu

Population

4,5775,282

Median household income

$112,045$128,661

Median home value

$892,400$1,162,000

Median gross rent

$2,086$2,368

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)

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.0%
75 and over	8.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	11.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.1%	41.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	8.5%	2.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	37.3%	28.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
Drove alone	65.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.2%
Public transit	4.8%	3.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.2%
Worked from home	17.0%	5.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
1-unit, detached	77.8%	41.7%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	38.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahaluu	Waipio Acres
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.4%
Average household size	3.42	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1973	1974