Kaneohe Base vs Waipio

A side-by-side comparison of Kaneohe Base and Waipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waipio has the higher population (11,196 vs 10,973 in Kaneohe Base). Waipio has the higher median household income ($106,164 vs $70,000 in Kaneohe Base). Waipio has the higher median home value ($709,500 vs $390,600 in Kaneohe Base).

Population, income & housing

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
Population	10,973	11,196
Median age	22.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$106,164
Median home value	$390,600	$709,500
Median gross rent	$3,399	$2,248
Housing units	2,769	4,377
Homeownership rate	1.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
Population	11,237 → 10,973 (-2.3%)	11,469 → 11,196 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$60,169 → $70,000 (+16.3%)	$89,882 → $106,164 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$1,279,400 → $390,600 (-69.5%)	$536,300 → $709,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,027 → $3,399 (+12.3%)	$1,827 → $2,248 (+23.0%)

Kaneohe Base

Population

11,23710,973

Median household income

$60,169$70,000

Median home value

$1,279,400$390,600

Median gross rent

$3,027$3,399

Waipio

Population

11,46911,196

Median household income

$89,882$106,164

Median home value

$536,300$709,500

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
Under 5	11.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	38.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	26.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	1.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	0.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	6.3%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	57.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	6.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	21.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
No high school diploma	0.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	23.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
Drove alone	57.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	17.7%
Public transit	0.3%	3.0%
Walked	20.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.5%
Other means	4.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
1-unit, detached	26.4%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	60.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	33.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kaneohe Base	Waipio
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.98	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	11	29
Median year structure built	2005	1984