Kaneohe vs Waipahu

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

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

Waipahu has the higher population (39,871 vs 35,945 in Kaneohe). Kaneohe has the higher median household income ($124,632 vs $98,633 in Waipahu). Kaneohe has the higher median home value ($990,100 vs $835,400 in Waipahu).

Population, income & housing

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
Population	35,945	39,871
Median age	45.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,632	$98,633
Median home value	$990,100	$835,400
Median gross rent	$2,356	$1,585
Housing units	11,931	9,486
Homeownership rate	75.3%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
Population	33,841 → 35,945 (+6.2%)	39,469 → 39,871 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$108,761 → $124,632 (+14.6%)	$78,204 → $98,633 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$770,700 → $990,100 (+28.5%)	$626,600 → $835,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,957 → $2,356 (+20.4%)	$1,343 → $1,585 (+18.0%)

Kaneohe

Population

33,84135,945

Median household income

$108,761$124,632

Median home value

$770,700$990,100

Median gross rent

$1,957$2,356

Waipahu

Population

39,46939,871

Median household income

$78,204$98,633

Median home value

$626,600$835,400

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.6%
75 and over	12.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	2.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	39.2%	67.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.0%	12.9%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	26.6%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
No high school diploma	5.1%	14.8%
High school graduate	28.7%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
Drove alone	71.4%	59.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	16.9%
Public transit	2.2%	12.2%
Walked	2.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.2%
Other means	1.5%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
1-unit, detached	68.2%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	11.3%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Kaneohe	Waipahu
Poverty rate	9.0%	11.4%
Average household size	3.01	4.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1973	1971