Kahuku vs Waialua

A side-by-side comparison of Kahuku and Waialua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waialua has the higher population (3,015 vs 2,425 in Kahuku). Waialua has the higher median household income ($84,656 vs $73,214 in Kahuku). Waialua has the higher median home value ($942,300 vs $769,100 in Kahuku).

Population, income & housing

	Kahuku	Waialua
Population	2,425	3,015
Median age	25.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$84,656
Median home value	$769,100	$942,300
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,707
Housing units	659	1,242
Homeownership rate	58.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahuku	Waialua
Population	2,119 → 2,425 (+14.4%)	3,308 → 3,015 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$81,447 → $73,214 (-10.1%)	$82,750 → $84,656 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$598,300 → $769,100 (+28.5%)	$687,500 → $942,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)	$1,333 → $1,707 (+28.1%)

Kahuku

Population

2,1192,425

Median household income

$81,447$73,214

Median home value

$598,300$769,100

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Waialua

Population

3,3083,015

Median household income

$82,750$84,656

Median home value

$687,500$942,300

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahuku	Waialua
Under 5	13.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	25.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	17.4%
75 and over	4.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahuku	Waialua
White (non-Hispanic)	13.3%	27.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	28.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	29.0%	6.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	35.4%	26.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahuku	Waialua
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahuku	Waialua
Drove alone	67.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	15.9%	6.0%
Public transit	3.4%	1.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahuku	Waialua
1-unit, detached	78.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kahuku	Waialua
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.6%
Average household size	3.97	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1981	1965