Kalaeloa vs Waialua

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

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

Kalaeloa has the higher population (3,229 vs 3,015 in Waialua). Waialua has the higher median household income ($84,656 vs $81,833 in Kalaeloa). Since 2019, Kalaeloa's population has grown faster (+53716.7% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
Population	3,229	3,015
Median age	32.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,833	$84,656
Median home value	—	$942,300
Median gross rent	$3,068	$1,707
Housing units	916	1,242
Homeownership rate	0.0%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
Population	6 → 3,229 (+53716.7%)	3,308 → 3,015 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$61,579 → $81,833 (+32.9%)	$82,750 → $84,656 (+2.3%)
Median home value	—	$687,500 → $942,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,506 → $3,068 (+22.4%)	$1,333 → $1,707 (+28.1%)

Kalaeloa

Population

63,229

Median household income

$61,579$81,833

Median gross rent

$2,506$3,068

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)

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
Under 5	3.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	18.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	17.4%
75 and over	1.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
White (non-Hispanic)	17.2%	27.6%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	28.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	32.7%	6.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	23.2%	26.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
Drove alone	58.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	17.1%	6.0%
Public transit	9.9%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
1-unit, detached	1.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	25.4%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	36.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kalaeloa	Waialua
Poverty rate	18.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.88	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1976	1965